. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. ORNAMENTS FOR THE EARS AND LIPS 119 mainly a skin-covered piece of fat. The size of the ear varies in different individuals, and the lobe presents great variations in shape and degrees of development in proportion to the helix. The various contrivances employed for adorning the ears among mankind may l)e set down in two classes, ear-studs and ear-rings. As a rule, ear-studs are in- serted into the helix and ear-rings into the lobe. In some
. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. ORNAMENTS FOR THE EARS AND LIPS 119 mainly a skin-covered piece of fat. The size of the ear varies in different individuals, and the lobe presents great variations in shape and degrees of development in proportion to the helix. The various contrivances employed for adorning the ears among mankind may l)e set down in two classes, ear-studs and ear-rings. As a rule, ear-studs are in- serted into the helix and ear-rings into the lobe. In some instances the lobe is converted into a loop for the retention of the ornament. In many civilised countries ear-rings are worn in the lol)e, and this style of decoration is usually con- fined to women. Among the Masai orna- ments are worn in the ear by men and women. When the boys and girls have passed through their " initiation ceremonies," the lobe of the ear is pierced and a thin spigot of wood inserted into the hole. Gradually this hole is enlarged by the intro- duction of thicker pieces of wood until it is large enough to receive a stone with a groove running round it. These stones vary in size, but the ultimate result is the transformation of the lobe into a rounded cord-like loop, which in the black ears of these men and women looks like a ring of india- rubber. Annmg the Masai the full size is attained when the cutaneous ring of one side will meet its fellow over the crown. The largest stone ear-plug in existence was presented to the British Museum by^Mr. A. C. Hollis : it weighs two pounds and fourteen The external Ear, or Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bland-Sutton, John, Sir, 1855-1936. London : Macmillan and Co. , Limited
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