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small bit of cloth, worked with beads about Oi inches, hanging; iu lieu of 

 an apron. All females wear as many b(;ad gii'dles or belts as they can 

 obtain J often ten to fifteen, also necklaces of large beads and thick collars 

 of small bead s. They are very fond of massive bracelets of i)ewter weigh- 

 ing several pcjiiuds each. Copper and iron wire is mucli used for armlets, 

 rings, and anklets. Fashion is supreme here as elsewhere; only certain 

 sorts of beads are used. Okuta, as the French pearl beads are called, 

 are most in demand in Marang; the fashionable color is blue, while it is 

 white in Moshi. Other beads that are most used are small seed beads, 

 which in their turn are used scarcely anywhere else in Africa. The war 

 dress of the warriors is co])ied from that of the Masai. A toriki or cap 



Fig. r,. 



Warrior's Head-drkss. 



Wa ("liana III' Mt. KiliniaNjai-o, East Africa. 



(Tilt iNo, ir.ll'.W, r. S. N M. (iiai.r Dr. W. I,. Abbott. ) 



of white monkey skin (Fig. 4), or a ruff of ostrich feathers around the 

 face (Fig. 5), a large cape of vulture feathers, anklets of black monkey 

 skin, with a bit of red cloth around the loins, form an attire striking and 

 picturesque, to say the least of it. But as a rule one does not find all 

 these adornments of dress ujion one individual. A string of warriors 



