880 



MASAI, TURKANA, SUK, NANDI, ETC. 



[)laeed bt^side tlie body, 



Wbere the huridl of important cbiefs takes place, 



the interment is 

 made in a trench 

 (hig in the cattle 

 kraal close to 

 the dead man's 

 liouse. A liig 

 mound of cow- 

 dung is raised 

 over the grave, 

 and tlie top of 

 this mound is 

 thickly planted 

 w i t h thorn 

 bushes. TheKa- 

 masia, Lumbwa, 

 and Andorobo 

 agree with the 

 Nandi in not 

 burying the dead 

 unless they have 

 been very im- 

 portant persons ; 

 but the Nandi- 

 speaking people 

 of Mount Elgon 

 and Elgeyo do 

 atford burial to 

 all who die, gen- 

 erally placing the 

 corpses in shallow 

 graves in the 

 middle of some 

 oTove of trees. 

 Into the grave 

 is put with the 

 dead body a 



calabash of milk and a packet of tobacco (in the case of the Elgeyo). 



Other food-stufifs are used for this purpose in the Elgeyo country, where 



there is little or no milk. 



The prapeHy of the dead man amongst most of these people goes to 



his eldest brother, who also takes all his wives, only handing the spear 



503. A KA.MASl.V WAHKIOU WITH HON'.S SKIN HEAD-DRESS. 



