From "The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria," by Maj. A. J. N. Tremearne. J. B. Lippincott Co. 



nige;rian natives with tails 



A Kagoro woman from Tuku Tozo and an Attakka woman 



in form, sometimes long and thin, at 

 others short, mushroom-like and stumpy 

 or shaped hke a long bell. These tails 

 are made of palm fiber, plaited or bound 

 tightly together with string and usually 

 stained red with an earth, which is also 

 used for the further adornment of the 

 lady's body. 



Often the kuiinok is worn quite plain, 

 l)ut the more ambitious modes prescribe 

 an embellishment of brass wire and col- 

 ored glass beads. 



The Kagoro women are distinguished. 

 b)y the Quaker-like simplicity of their 

 attire ; they wear the shortest and plainest 

 of tails, a few beads round the neck, oc- 

 casionally a beaded band by which the 

 tail is attached, and perhaps a really fash- 

 ionable lady will add a bracelet or leglet 

 ■of beads; iDut the kunnok itself remains 

 in all its native severity. 



The ladies of the Kajji tribe, however, 

 affect a greater elegance ; their tails are 

 of greater length, the "stumps" being 

 covered with intricate designs worked in 

 brass and copper wire, while the wheel- 

 shaped terminal is gay with colored beads 

 set in a bed of liquid rubber, of which 

 there is a great deal in the country. In 

 this tribe the kunnok is generally worn 

 over a bunch of leaves or grass similar 

 to that which the ladies of all the tribes 

 depend from their girdles in front. 

 Sometimes a Kajji matron who desires 

 to be a leader in the fashionable world 

 will wear a tiny iron bell just above the 

 tail, but this is a rare occurrence, and the 

 bell is not often seen. 



While the tail is essentially the mark 

 of the married woman, there are certain 

 occasions, such as dances or feasts, when 

 it is worn by the little girls, who at such 



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