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BANTU NEGROES 



plucked out with tweezers, so that it is difficult to say what character it 

 assumes. In the case of the women (as will be seen by two of my 

 photographs) the head-hair, if allowed to grow freely, becomes rather long, 

 and though tightly curled is less woolly and more fuzzy than the negro 

 woman's hair. These natural ringlets, indeed, are an approximation 

 towards the curly hair of the Somali and Abyssinian. All moustache and 



342. A MUHIMA WOMAN OF iiKKOLE 



beard is normally pulled out amongst the men, but I believe that 

 otherwise they might show a considerable growth of hair on the face. 



The Bahima never jyi^actise circumcision, neither do they pierce nor 

 mutilate the ear in any fashion, or knock out their teeth. In some districts 

 they are given to a certain amount of scar-ornamentation, but this is not 

 pushed to the same extreme as amongst the forest negroes and the servile 

 races dwelling in proximity to the Bahima. As regards their dress and 



