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cap. The women wear their hair finely plaited into tight 

 ribs which give the appearance of shells worn on each side 



KOTOKO BOY 



of the head. The tribal marks of the Kotokos are three 

 vertical cuts down the centre of the forehead and three on 

 both cheeks. They are an industrious people ; cloth-making 

 and dyeing, fishing and farming occupy their time. Their 



