BORANA DRESS 



a high thorn zariba ; just within it these primitive 

 shelters are buih with the entrance facing inwards, 

 while the centre of the boma is divided into a number 

 of small pens communicating with each other by a 

 flimsy doorway of branches tied at right angles to 

 three horizontal posts, which are themselves lashed 

 to the walls of the pen by leathern thongs. 



In one corner a heavy stake is driven into the 

 ground, to which the cows are tied at milking-time, 

 and near by is a diminutive additional enclosure in 

 which the lambs and kids are kept. These very 

 curious and interesting structures resemble nothing 

 so much as an enormous bird's nest. They are 

 circular in shape, approximately 15 feet in diameter, 

 built of logs of wood and branches, and lined with 

 dry grass and reeds. In them the tiny animals are 

 placed, and are taken out every morning and evening, 

 one by one, when they are allowed in turn to go to 

 their mothers for a short time, after which the latter 

 are milked. 



The Borana have adopted a simple but distinctive 

 dress. The men wear a loose kind of trouser made 

 of white cotton, cut off above the knee, while the 

 upper part of the body is covered by a half " tobe " 

 of Americani. This may be replaced when resting 

 in their village by a single cloth 8 yards in length, 

 draped loosely round them. Men of importance and 

 heads of families sometimes wear in addition a turban 

 made of similar material. 



The Borana are exceedingly fond of bracelets, 

 necklaces and similar ornaments. Bracelets are 

 simple circular rings, round or triangular in section, 

 made of brass or white metal. One man possessed 

 one of ivory, carved out from an elephant's tusk, 



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