. Across Africa. Botany. 286 ACROSS AFRICA. [Chap. April, 1874. of their legs it leaves another portion of their body most fully exposed. These stern aprons are cut so as to turn down a flap—occasionally decorated with beads—to allow of a full and open rear view. It must therefore be the fashion to show that part. Perhaps their object is to prove they have no tails. Those who can afford it wear a broad band of parti-coloured beads round the head and an- other round the waist. In some cases the hair is shaven away underneath the band of beads worn round the head while allowed to grow bushy abov
. Across Africa. Botany. 286 ACROSS AFRICA. [Chap. April, 1874. of their legs it leaves another portion of their body most fully exposed. These stern aprons are cut so as to turn down a flap—occasionally decorated with beads—to allow of a full and open rear view. It must therefore be the fashion to show that part. Perhaps their object is to prove they have no tails. Those who can afford it wear a broad band of parti-coloured beads round the head and an- other round the waist. In some cases the hair is shaven away underneath the band of beads worn round the head while allowed to grow bushy above, having exactly the appearance of a fur cap or Kilmarnock bonnet. The people universally chip the two upper front incisors, and some chip the whole of them and extract the two cen- tre ones in the lower jaw. The tribal mark seemed to be a line down the centre of the forehead and two on the temples, sometimes continued to the chin. Some of the men had enormously heavy spears, generally used in elephant-hunting. The butt was larger than the rest of the haft and was made of black wood or ebony to give WATUTA 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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