XIII ETHIOPIAN FASHIONS IN HAIR-DRESSING 159 
end there is a curled strip of rhinoceros horn : the 
feathers which are used to adorn it are not stuck into 
the hair, but larger quills, 
about two inches long, are 
firmly fixed into the chignon 
to form sockets for the 
quills of the ornamental 
feathers, which can be in¬ 
serted or removed as easily 
as a whip is placed in or 
removed from its socket. 
In some large chignons, 
the margins of the hair 
mass are neatly turned in 
towards the neck, and the 
recess behind the fold thus 
produced is used sometimes 
as a pocket wherein the 
man can lodge odds and 
ends such as tobacco, a 
snuff-box, a scratcher, or 
the like. 
These men wear a skin 
cape over their bare shoul¬ 
ders ; when it rains the 
cape is thrown over their 
heads to protect the chig¬ 
non. They also carry a 
little two-legged stool to 
place under the neck when 
they lie down : this pre¬ 
vents damage to the chig¬ 
non. 
Reference has been made 
to the curved piece of 
rhinoceros horn at the end of the chignon. Among the 
Karamojo this hook-like adornment subserves an amus¬ 
ing purpose. “ When the warriors dance and the girls 
A Nandi dandy with his hair rolled 
into small curls. 
