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MASAI, TURKANA, SUK, NANDI, ETC 



washed, and the cleaned felt resulting from this process is cut up and 

 divided among the man's sons. These contributions are woven into the 

 growing chignon, and at last by means of these additions and by the 

 continued growth of the head-hair a huge hag is formed, which hangs low 

 down over the shoulders, reaching even to the loins. The hair chignon is 

 trained into a kind of bag, the opening to which is at the back, just 

 behind the nape of the neck. In this huge bag of felted hair (coated 



with a paste of whitish clay) 

 are kept the few necpssities of 

 life or treasures of the Silk man. 

 Herein he puts away and carries 

 about his fire-stick and drill, his 

 snuff, or a few beads. The outer 

 surface of the bag and the hair 

 on the top of the head are 

 decorated with ostrich feathers, 

 sometimes in wild profusion. 

 Occasionally the white leathers 

 of the ostrich are dyed yellow 

 or red by some process. Like 

 the Masai, the men seldom travel 

 without sandals of ox hide. 



Among the Turkana the outer 

 rim of the ear-conch is -pierced 

 from the top of the ear down 

 to the lobe with sometimes eight 

 holes, or as few as two. Through 

 these holes in the rim of the 

 ear are inserted brass or iron 

 rings. Coils of iron wire are 

 generally worn round the neck. 

 The wire is very thick, and com- 

 pels the wearer to hold his head 

 stiffly. In the Karamojo and 

 some of the Suk people the 

 under-lip is pierced, and into 

 this hole is inserted either a 

 bird's or a porcupine's quill, or 

 a long, sharp tooth of some 

 beast, or a curved rod of brass. 

 The septum of the nose is pierced 



471- A SUK CHIEF 1KOM NORTH OK BARIN'GO in both HlCl! aild WOUldl aiUOllgst 



