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THE KAVIRONDOS 
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the record on the body of his wife. The patterns are 
not coloured in the way we usually understood as 
tattooing. The skin is incised and then rubbed with an 
A Jaliio girl showing one mode of 
arranging the hair. She has a 
pattern scarified on the belly. 
(After Hobley.) 
irritant which produces a thick scar, or keloid : this 
method is known as scarification. 
The Kavirondos are keen traders and industrious 
cultivators. They grow in excess of their own require- 
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