srJ8 MASAI, TUUKANA, StJK, NANDI, ETC. 



Nniidi, l,tiiiili\v:i, jiiul I<]lg(iii people nsually 'ir/^d.f (heir fidir short, l)ut do 

 not iieces<;iril\- sli;i\-e llie lie;iil in eitlKT men or women. Tlie J>abei * men 

 tuisf their h;iir iiili litHe bunches, whicli tlK'V load with fat and clay. 

 The Sulci men aL<o liani,^ to tlieir locks of hair and to tlieir ear-lobes 

 rather strikini;- (.irnaments — neatly cut sections of lart^e land-shells (vide 

 l''it;\ 4!)2). The Kamasia and Andorobo men dress their hair, as a rule, 

 just liisc the .Mas:ii. in [)i^t:iils ; or else (like the Gwas' Ngishii and 

 Ihukeneji) in k)ni( strines. Some of the Karamojo, however, wear tlieir 

 hair simply as it grows (like the Nandi). Others cut the hair very 

 short and weai- over the head a cap) of le.ither, not unlike in shape that 

 whicli was worn by the Norman knights when they were in undress. 

 The \andi pull (tut the two middle incisors in the lower jaw, and a 

 chi( f or midicine man in addition has one of the upper incisors 

 removed. When a, wariior has killed a n)an, he paints one side of his 

 body witli white clay and the other side with red, and kee[)S this colouring 

 on fbi- four days. The men of Sabei wear ivory bracelets round the arm, 

 and necklaces of twisted brass or copper wire or thick iron wire. Some 

 of t!ie iron necklaces are liung with long strings of very fine iron chain — 

 beautiful ])ieces of workmanship. These adornments are verj^ similar in 

 tlie Nandi, except that ivory is less worn. The Nandi women often wear 

 brass wire coiled into discs, like catherine-wheels, and dependent from 

 the ears or round the neck. 



The Nandi. like the J.ako and other tribes of IClgon, were mnch given 

 in times past to lu-'iiKj in caves,] and, according to their traditions, 

 they followed in this respect the prognathous Negro or Pygmy tribes 

 whom they replaced. Nowadays all divisions of the Nandi-speaking people 

 build huts. The (hvellings of the AmJoroho are of the most primitive 

 descri[)tion, recalling in shape those of the Congo Pygmies. They are 

 Nci'y small, and are made of sticks bent over in a semi-circle and covered 

 with heaps of grass and leaves. The Nandi, Lumbwa, and Lako build 

 much better houses, while the dwellings of the Sabei are like those of the 

 JNLusaba l>antu tribes alongside them. In Sabei the walls of the houses 

 are generally constructed of perpendicular slips or billets of wood. The 

 roof is large, and slopes almost down to the ground. The apex of the 

 roof is surmounted by a carved stick, which is sometimes phallic in 

 design. At other times this stick supports an earthenware pot, or the 



* Xortli Elgoii. 



t In tlic western part of the Xandi country, on the western escarpment of the 

 Xan(U I'lateau, there arc vast cave strongholds which were regarded by the Nandi 

 as impregnable until they were taken by Lieutenant-Colonel Evatt in the recent 

 Xaiuli Way. Colonel Evatt reported that some of these caves were sufficiently 

 large to b:^ cajiablo of holding 300 head of cattle. 



