. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. 246 ACROSS AFRICA. [Chap. June, 1874. and copper rings. Between the clay patches the scalp was shaven perfectly bare. The women, who were prevented by the men from crowd- ing round us on our arrival, had better figures and were better- looking—with the exception of a hanging lower lijD—than any I had seen for some time. In many instances their hair was worked into the shape of an old-fashioned bonnet, deeply shad- ing the face, while long ringlets flowed down their back
. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. 246 ACROSS AFRICA. [Chap. June, 1874. and copper rings. Between the clay patches the scalp was shaven perfectly bare. The women, who were prevented by the men from crowd- ing round us on our arrival, had better figures and were better- looking—with the exception of a hanging lower lijD—than any I had seen for some time. In many instances their hair was worked into the shape of an old-fashioned bonnet, deeply shad- ing the face, while long ringlets flowed down their backs; but some, despising the bonnet, or more confident of their charms, drew their hair off their foreheads and tied it together at the nape of the neck, letting it fall behind in HEADS OF MEN OF MANYUiSMA. Their dress was particularlj^ simple; it consisted only of a cord round the waist—on which beads were strung by the richer ones—and two small grass-cloth aprons. The front one was about the size of a half-sheet of ordinary note-paper, and that behind just a trifle larger. Notwithstanding their small di- mensions, these aprons were often elal)orately stitched and or- namented witli beads and cowries; and when the M'omen went working in the fields or fishing in the streams, they took off these gay clothes for fear of spoiling them, and replaced them with a small bunch of leaves. The goats and sheep, as well as the people, differed from those. 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 Cameron, Verney Lovett, 1844-1894; Oliver, Daniel, 1830-1916. New York : Harper & Bros.
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