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skin or square piece of goat or deer skin. This 

 attire is called a tnoutje. Some rich Kafirs 

 wear many monkey and other skins tied all 

 round the waist. Many wear a bright-coloured 

 handkerchief tied over one shoulder and under 

 the other arm, and a necklace, often made with 

 animals' teeth strung together, and one or two 

 bracelets of twisted brass or iron wire complete 

 the costume. They are fond of sticking two 

 or three feathers, or sometimes a bright scarlet 

 flower, in their wool. 



The full or war dress is rather more elaborate, 

 with a large head-dress of feathers and fringes 

 of hair tied under the knees and above the 

 elbows, skins on the shoulders, and an oval 

 shield of ox-hide and several assegais and sticks 

 carried in their hands. 



The more important middle-aged men of a 

 tribe, counsellors as they are called, shave the 

 wool, with the exception of a circle round the 

 head, which is drawn tightly up and sewn over 

 a foundation of beeswax and indiarubber, form- 

 ing a hard shining ring. 



