Note 321 — Chapter XVI · THE ORIGINS OF SELF-DECORATION
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Ratzel, Völkerkunde, i. p. 64. On superstitious motives for covering the organs of generation cf. also Crawley in Journ. Anthr. Inst. xxiv., especially pp. 441, 442 (Sexual Taboo). The Bible text (Genesis ix. 21-25), which has been interpreted by Schurtz (Philosophie der Tracht, p. 56) as a case of modesty, is undoubtedly to be explained by reference to phallic superstitions.