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into what is known as a ‘‘chignon” in the following 
way : 
The youths allow the hair to grow long and rub into 
it grease, clay, and cow-dung which makes it felt. 
A Masai wearing his hair in the form 
of a pig-tail drawn over his fore¬ 
head. (From a photograph by F. 
L. Henderson.) 
When a man dies the hair is cut from his head and 
distributed among his sons, who incorporate this legacy 
into their own chignons. This flattened mass of hair 
on some men reaches to the loin. The exterior of the 
chignon is ornamented with feathers, and at the extreme 
