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into what is known as a " chignon " in the following- 

 way : 



The youths allow the hair to grow long and rub into 

 it grease, clay, and cow-dung which makes it felt. 



A Masai wearing liis hair in the form 

 of a pig-tail draAvn ovei' his fore- 

 head. (From a photograph bj' F. 

 L. Henderson.) 



When a man dies the hair is cut from his head and 

 distributed among his sons, who incorporate this legacy 

 into their own chignons. This flattened mass of hair 

 on some men reaches to the loin. The exterior of the 

 chignon is ornamented with feathers, and at the extreme 



