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MASAI, TUEKANA, SUK, NANDI, ETC. 



to prognathism. Like t he- 

 Nilotic and Masai peoples, they 

 are indifferent to the nse of 

 clothes, and the men usually 

 go quite naked, wearing only 

 waist-belts and necklaces. The- 

 lobe of the ear is pierced, and 

 so is the upper part of the rim. 

 Two or more brass rings are- 

 worn through the lobe (which 

 is not, however, stretched clown 

 to the shoulder, as in the 

 Masai), and from one to five- 

 smaller brass rings are inserted 

 in the holes pierced through the- 

 rim of the outer ear. They do- 

 not as a rule affect much de- 

 coration of the body by means 

 of cicatrices. Women may 

 occasionally have parallel rows- 

 of weals across the upper arm. 

 The women do not shave the 

 head universally, as is done 

 among the Masai and the Suk. 

 Ordinarily the wool is allowed 

 to grow until it forms a smooth 

 cap of short hair over the top 

 of the head. Among the men 

 this " cap-like ? ' appearance is 

 heightened by plastering the- 

 head with a mixture of clay 

 and cow-dung. I have not seen 

 any attempt made to extend the 

 growth of hair into a chignon 

 down the back as is done amongst 

 the Silk and Turkana, and occa- 

 sionally amongst the Nilotic 

 t lilies to the west of Karamojo. 

 But the Karamojo fasten to a 

 peak in their hair-cap at the back of the head a long string which falls down 

 perpendicularly over the back, lying just between the shoulder blades. The 

 end of this string is decorated with fluffy balls of white feathers, generally 



A SUK FROM NEAR LAKE SUGOTA 



