. found to have a thin hardened outer layer of clay, whilst the inside is quite soft, like a pad. Eings are worn in the lobe and sides of the ear, but the lobes are very slightly distended. Other ornaments are bracelets worn on the upper and the lower arm, made of brass or iron wire or of hippopotamus-hide. A round knife is also some- times worn as a bracelet, the edges being protected, as are those of the blades of the Wa- nyemps, Burkeneji, Elmolo, and Eeshiat spears, with a leather case. The very simple costume of the men consists merely of a circular apron about two and a half inches long
. found to have a thin hardened outer layer of clay, whilst the inside is quite soft, like a pad. Eings are worn in the lobe and sides of the ear, but the lobes are very slightly distended. Other ornaments are bracelets worn on the upper and the lower arm, made of brass or iron wire or of hippopotamus-hide. A round knife is also some- times worn as a bracelet, the edges being protected, as are those of the blades of the Wa- nyemps, Burkeneji, Elmolo, and Eeshiat spears, with a leather case. The very simple costume of the men consists merely of a circular apron about two and a half inches long in front and six inches long behind, made of dressed kid-skin, the edges of which are very prettily de- corated with a row of gleaming home-made iron beads. The rounded knives already men- tioned, bows5 arrows, and some inferior spears, complete their equipment. I must add that all the men, but none of the women, carry a little two-legged stool to sit upon, which also serves them as a pillow at night. Most of the women who visited us were Burkeneji, and behaved as their people always do, but there were a few Eeshiat amongst them, who were pleasantly distinguished by wearing costumes more suitable, in our eyes, for the female sex, consisting of two short petticoats falling in folds, made of dressed kid-skin. The upper portion of the body, however, was quite naked. The Eeshiat women we saw were, on the other hand, not nearly so good-looking as the Burkeneji, and we could understand the latter being preferred by the men. RESHIAT EAR ORNAMENTS. IRON BEADS, NATURAL SIZE.
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