. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. XIII ETHIOPIAN FASHIONS IN HAIR-DRESSING 163 district (I888) and described the men. They go naked, not from necessity, for they have and hides, l)nt it is the fashion among tlieni. Some of the i\Iashulvulunil)i liave tlieir hair, as well as that removed from the heads of their wives, worked into a tall cone two and a half feet hiii'h. The base of the cone is fixed to the back of the head, and made to curve forwards so that its apex is stra
. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. XIII ETHIOPIAN FASHIONS IN HAIR-DRESSING 163 district (I888) and described the men. They go naked, not from necessity, for they have and hides, l)nt it is the fashion among tlieni. Some of the i\Iashulvulunil)i liave tlieir hair, as well as that removed from the heads of their wives, worked into a tall cone two and a half feet hiii'h. The base of the cone is fixed to the back of the head, and made to curve forwards so that its apex is straight above the head, and to it a strip from the horn of a sable antelope is fixed. 'Jdiis strip of horn is strong enough to stand upright, yet waves with every movement of the head. A. cone of hair and horn sometimes measures five feet in height. In building these cones tlie hair is made to felt with grease, and as it can- not be washed when once worked up in this way, soon swarms with vermin. A metallic stylet is stuck in the tuft to serve as a scrateher when the ^'ermin are too active. Selous shrewdly remarks that men with hair dressed in this way must necessarily live in an open country ; they never could get through bush. I have had an opportunity of examining two of these cones from Mr. Selous's museum. Mr. Long, who re- cently visited the Mashukulumbi, informed me that this odd hirge herds of cattle. The lioail of a Maslmkuluinbi witli a fantastic chignon fifty inches high. The cone is formed of liair and the terminal section is a strip of horn from the sable antelope. (From a speci- men kindly lent by Mr. F. G. Selous.) M 2. 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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