The land presents hills of every possible variety: jagged rain forests, undulating moors, broad swells of savanna, volcanic peaks as sharp as filed teeth, and round-shouldered buttes.
A small statue of carved wood painted with various powders, it gazes beseechingly upward, its half-open mouth packed with filed teeth, which were considered beautiful.
Then it became Somali for a while; for a year and a half a lot of Somali people moved in with beautiful filed teeth.
The scholarly reports, alluded to in some of the displays, show injuries to bones attributed to strenuous physical labor, signs of malnutrition and some physical indications (like filed teeth) of an African heritage.
Every detail of the figure, from her stylishly filed teeth to the elaborate pattern of raised scars on her skin, would seem to confirm, in African terms, her status as a social and moral ideal, while Western viewers may read, in her Madonna-like pose and upturned face, with its parted lips and half-closed eyes, an expression of maternal joy.
She first realized this when archaeologists discovered that the Vikings started filing their teeth around 900 AD. "We have these tooth modifications in North and South America, Africa, and Asia, and it was really important that this kind of group identity could also be demonstrated in Europe".
Eric was at a mirror, filing his teeth into sharp points, and Donald, Jr., was on a stepladder, combing the mane of a trophy lion.
"I even tried filing saw teeth in my fingers to sort of get, like, an alligator grip on the ball, but the little points would break off and they weren't too popular in bed, either".
"I even tried filing saw teeth in my fingers to sort of get, like, an alligator grip on the ball, but the little points would break off — and they weren't too popular in bed, either".
Historically, the Toraja filed their teeth and adorned themselves with many ornaments.
Don't go there late at night unless you're prepared to see something unusual, like Goths who have filed their teeth to look like vampires.
