TURKANA WEAPONS 





bent upwards, which stands out from behind. Old and well- 

 to-do Turkana men often wear on their natural frizzy hair or 

 artificially developed hair-bag a stiff felt hat, of various forms, 

 made of matted human hair, and further adorned with cowry 

 shells. Yet another head-dress occasionally affected by young 



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A YOUNG TURKANA WITH OSTRICH -FEATHER HEAD-DRESS. 



men consists of numbers of curly black, chiefly ostrich, feathers 

 fastened all over the hair. 



The weapons of the Turkana consist of inferior spears 

 and shields made of buffalo or hippopotamus hide of the Nyiro 

 shape already described, and occasionally one sees a plaited 

 shield resembling that used by the Eeshiat. Bows and arrows 

 are of very rare occurrence. A fully equipped Turkana will 



