. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring. C0STU3IES OF THE WATAVETA 101 Now and tlieu, however, a kind of leather apron to sit upon is also worn hanging down the back. The hair is generally twisted into a number of thin spiral locks, which fall low on the forehead, sometimes down to the eyes. At the back the hair is lengthened with plaited bast, which hangs down like a short pigtail. The lobes of the ears are artificially widened, and decked with heavy ornaments of different forms, made of. WATAVETA. iron or brass wire, beads, or iron chains. A
. Discovery of Lakes Rudolf and Stefanie : a narrative of Count Samuel Talaki's exploring. C0STU3IES OF THE WATAVETA 101 Now and tlieu, however, a kind of leather apron to sit upon is also worn hanging down the back. The hair is generally twisted into a number of thin spiral locks, which fall low on the forehead, sometimes down to the eyes. At the back the hair is lengthened with plaited bast, which hangs down like a short pigtail. The lobes of the ears are artificially widened, and decked with heavy ornaments of different forms, made of. WATAVETA. iron or brass wire, beads, or iron chains. A few ornaments round the wrist, bracelets and anklets, mostly made of twisted wire, or strips of leather sewn with beads, complete the costume. On the right side they wear the sime, a short straight sword with a broad, gradually-widening blade, and on the other a finely decorated wooden club. If we compare this with the descrip- tion of the costume of a Masai warrior given farther on, we shall see that a young spark of Taveta is as like to him as. 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 Höhnel, Ludwig, Ritter von. London : Longmans, Green & Co
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