BTW - The old Victorian collectors, including the venerable Mr Sharpe, seem to have had similar views on 'the noble savage' as they did on the noble English peasant. I wonder why they were so wrong about their own culture yet got it spot on about one so far away. If only we had stayed carving wood and skinning animals we could have been as good as our brothers across the water by now!

Maybe stronger rose tints are needed. Or maybe it is my medication...

DtG