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end there is a curled strip of rhinoceros horn : the 

 featlrers which are used to adorn it are not stuck into 

 the hair, liut hirger quills, 

 about two inches long, are 

 firmly fixed into the chignon 

 to form sockets for the 

 quills of the ornamental 

 feathers, which can be in- 

 serted or removed as easily 

 as a whip is placed in or 

 removed from its socket. 



In some large chignons, 

 the margins of the hair 

 mass are neatly turned in 

 towards the neck, and the 

 recess behiud the fold thus 

 produced is used sometimes 

 as a pocket wherein the 

 man can lodge odds and 

 ends such as tobacco, a 

 snuff'-box, a scratcher, or 

 the like. 



These men wear a skin 

 cape over their bare shoul- 

 ders ; when it rains the 

 cape is thrown over their 

 heads to protect the chig- 

 non. They also carry a 

 little two-legged stool to 

 place under the neck when 

 they lie down : this pre- 

 vents damage to the chig- 

 non. 



Reference has been made 

 to the curved piece of 



rhinoceros horn at the end of the chignon. Among the 

 Karamojo this hook-like adornment subserves an amus- 

 ino- purpose. "When the warriors dance and the girls 



A Nandi dandy with his hair rolled 

 into small curls. 



