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| 11 | 840 | The View more quotes about purpose">purpose of this belt was to call attention to, and enhance, by sound and sight, the movements of the hips and abdomen. |
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| 11 | 837 | They put several on each ankle. |
| 11 | 838 | They then, similarly, placed narrow bracelets on both my wrists, several on each wrist. |
| 11 | 839 | A long belt of cord, to which were attached numerous metal disks, suspended and shimmering, was then looped twice about me, the first loop secured high, and tight, at my waist, and the second loop, a larger loop, a framing loop, was secured in such a way, in the back, that it would hang quite low on my belly, well below my navel. |
| 11 | 840 | The purpose of this belt was to call attention to, and enhance, by sound and sight, the movements of the hips and abdomen. |
| 11 | 841 | With the slave beads I already wore I felt unutterably displayed, and barbaric. |
| 11 | 842 | I could not move now without the sounds of the beads, the anklets and bracelets, the shimmering belt with its two loops. |
| 11 | 843 | "Stand," said Tupita. |