lEASAI, TURKAXA, SUK, XAXDI, ETC. 8i7 



cloaks of divsswl Icathrr ill a.ldition to the aprons alivadv iiieiitio,,,.,! The 

 people of the ao-ricnltural sc-tiou ..f tlic Silk (which is that wliicli inhabits 

 the mountains to tlie sontli-we.t of J.ak,- j;udolf; occasi,,nallv sliield 

 themselves from the cold liv mantles of dressed skin, but a^ a rule the 

 men wear much the same scanty clothinu- and th.- same adornments ars 

 the Turkana,. The Sfik do circKiurise—nt least, circumcision is practi>ed 

 by that section ,,f the Suk people dwelling' nea.r Lake ISariieTo and in^ 



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473. OSTRICH Kill! AXl) AXTEI.OPE KXUCKLE-HnXE XErKLACKS : rillKAXA, ItlVEU KERIO 



the I'liper Kerio A'allev. ()ther\vi>e. with the exception of the lie^ldat 

 people at the north end of Lak(^ Kudolf and of the ^la-ai and Nandi, 

 noia^ of the tribes of ^."ilotic (jriL;in or afHnities have ado[ited this late. 



The Silk, like the Turkaiia, piiTCe the lower lip, and in^eit a. ijuill- 

 shaped ornament. Tiie\- wear niuidi the >ame i'iiii;s in theii- ear-; a-- do the 

 Tin-kana. I\-or\- biacef-'t -; are sometime-^ >een in addition. Tln^ Suk 

 wonii'U sometimes shave the head, sometimt-s li-l the hair ljiow normally, 

 and others ae'ain — (^<peciallv the unmarried girls — cut the hair very close 

 to the head on both >ides. h-avini;- a ridge like a eock's coiiili, wliieh runs- 



