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Thatch roofs were giving way to tin, while shorts and T shirts were replacing breechcloths and feathers.

From Time Magazine Archive

On a "Day of Conversion," 20 Andean Indians�who left aside their usual breechcloths to don city clothing for the first time�were publicly baptized, received first Communion and were confirmed all on the same day.

From Time Magazine Archive

Australian aborigines wore only breechcloths, their bodies painted in geometric patterns of dots and streaks.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the other side of town was the Golden Bowl of Benguet, where fabulous gold mines were worked by Igorot miners clad only in breechcloths and hard-rock helmets.

From The Golden Skull by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)

The sash, his badge of office, he said had long since gone in breechcloths.

From Negritos of Zambales by Reed, William Allan