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chignons resembling those of the Eeshiat already described, 

 whilst from the centre of some of these chignons rises a fine 

 elastic bar or rod, either erect or bent backwards, this decora- 

 tion being also often supplemented with a few white ostrich 



MIDDLE-AGED TURKANA MAN. 



feathers painted red. Middle-aged men dress their hair in a 

 very original manner, forming it by persistent fluffing out and 

 entangling, with the aid of a long wooden needle, into a kind of 

 bag from one-half to three-quarters of a yard long, but not 

 more than from two to four inches broad. This hair-bag is 

 adorned with several ostrich feathers and a long piece of wire 



