. Across Africa. Botany. XVII.] DRESS AND ORNAMENTS. 325 The women wore their hair after the fashion of June, those at the entrance of the Lukuga already de- * scribed. Their ornaments consisted of coiled bracelets of brass wire, bangles of iron, brass, and copper ronnd their ankles, strings of large singo- mazzi ronnd their necks and waists, and a band of cowries or small beads bonnd around their heads. The upper part of the fore- head was often painted in stripes of vermilion and black, which had not such an unpleasing effect as might be supposed. Bound the waist was a piece of fringed grass
. Across Africa. Botany. XVII.] DRESS AND ORNAMENTS. 325 The women wore their hair after the fashion of June, those at the entrance of the Lukuga already de- * scribed. Their ornaments consisted of coiled bracelets of brass wire, bangles of iron, brass, and copper ronnd their ankles, strings of large singo- mazzi ronnd their necks and waists, and a band of cowries or small beads bonnd around their heads. The upper part of the fore- head was often painted in stripes of vermilion and black, which had not such an unpleasing effect as might be supposed. Bound the waist was a piece of fringed grass cloth about eighteen inches deep and open in front, but in the hiatus they wore a narrow apron reaching to the knees and frequently ornamented by lines of cowries or beads down the centre. The hoes used in this district are large and heavy, but their hatchets are the smallest and most useless I ever saw, the blade being only an inch and a half wide. Their arrows are, however, broad-headed, deeply barbed, and poisoned. All the men carry whistles with which they signal to each other on the road. Some Warua arrived whilst we were here,. DRESS AND TATTOOING OF WOMAN OF 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. London : Daldy, Isbister & Co.
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