814 :\rASA[, TUllKAXA, SUK, XAXDI, ETC. 



wiisIiimI, and tli(_' cleaiiril li'lt le.-ultiiig tVniii (liis ]irnce>s is cut up and 

 di\"iilfd aiiHiiiu- tlic iiianV ^oii-. These coiitriliut i(iii> ai'e wox'eii hitn tlie 

 gri)\viiiL;~ cliii/i/Oii, ami at !a>1 liv ineaiis nf tlie-e additidus and ))V the 

 cdiit iiiiied growth oi' tlie head-liair a huge l\'ig i< ioruied. which hangs hiw 

 diiwii dver the slmulders, )-eaching e\'eii t" the hiins. 'idle hair cliti/noii is 

 trained intu a kind of hag, the ()|iening to which is at tlie hack, iu>t 

 hehind the na|ie uf tlie nerk. In this liu^e hag of felted hair (c(iat(^d 



with a paste (if whitish clav) 

 ' ' are kept the few neees.^ities of 



life or treasure-: of the Sfik man. 

 lierein he puts awa\- and carries 

 al)out lii> lire-^tick and drill, his 

 siiiift, or a fe\\' heads, 'I'he (iut(^r 

 Muface of the 1 la g and the liair 

 OH the to[i of th(^ head are 

 decorated with o>tricli f'.athers. 

 soluetillies ill wild profusion, 

 ()ccasi(Jiiall y the white feathers 

 of the o-trich ari^ dyed udlow 

 or red l:)y >onre process. Like 

 the ]\Iasai. the men seldom tra\'el 

 without sandals of ox hide. 



Among the Turkana the ont(^r 

 /'///( of the I'll r-('0'iicli is ji'wrceiL 

 from the top (jf the ear down 

 te the lohe \\\\\\ soiiK^times lueht 

 holes, or a^ few a^ two, 1'hrciugh 

 these holes in the rinr of the 

 ear are inserted hrass ov iron 

 ring>, (Aiils of iron wire are 

 generally worn round thi- neck. 

 Tlie win- i^ \-ery thick, and ccjiii- 

 pids the Wearer to hold his la-ad 

 stifHy, In the Karaniojo and 



^ome of the Sflk Jieople the 



II iiilrr-l qi i> jiirrci'il. and into 

 tlii> hole i^ inseiteil either a 

 hii'd ^ or a porcupiia-'s (juilh or 

 a hiiie, sliar[) tooth of some 

 liea>t, or a ciir\-ed rod of hrass. 

 - -, . 'I'he septum of the nose is jiierced 



4/1. .\ .^Tk iiiiiii FK'iii .\Mi:jH oi \'._\\:\y.,.,, ill both meii and women amoin'st 



