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EASTERN ETHIOPIA 
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practice of arranging the hair is dying out because the 
much at their grotesque 
neighbouring tribes laugh so 
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appearance. The hict that 
this fashion is disappearing 
induced me to mention it in 
this book. Dr. Elolub visited 
the Mashukulumbi country 
1883-1887 and published an 
interesting account of the 
natives. His book contains 
numerous figures of their 
curious chignons. 
O 
A singular method of shav¬ 
ing the head prevails among 
the Ja-luo. If a man kills 
an enemy in war, in order to 
The ear of a Ja-luo chief ornamented 
with rings bearing beads. 
The scalp of a Ja-luo man with 
a pattern shaved upon it. (After 
Hobley.) 
propitiate the spirit of the 
dead man, the slayer 
shaves his head for three 
days on returning to the 
village. The men also 
shave their heads in 
curious patterns. 
The Ja-luo ornament 
their ears in a peculiar 
way. They insert a num¬ 
ber of rings along the 
helix, sometimes as many 
as fifteen may be counted 
in one ear. The rings 
bear a small bead known 
as Nya luo ; the majority 
are blue. They differ from 
the usual trade article. 
The natives state that 
they find them in the 
Maragolia Hills after a 
heavy thunderstorm ; they 
