. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . Fir,. 276.—Ornamentfor Arm. (One-thirdnatural size, III. E.,5726.) USHASHI AND KINDRED TRIBES OF THE MASSAI 185 loud clanking iron bells, or else they wear some orna-ment of skin or hide (Fig. 277). For all kinds of head-ornaments, which are very popular, they use in Ushashiand Ngoroine mostly ostrich feathers, lions manes, orcolobus skins (Figs. 278, 279). The manes are worn onthe heads like caps, so that the hair hangs low down allround, almost hiding the face of the wearer (Fig. 280).Somet
. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . Fir,. 276.—Ornamentfor Arm. (One-thirdnatural size, III. E.,5726.) USHASHI AND KINDRED TRIBES OF THE MASSAI 185 loud clanking iron bells, or else they wear some orna-ment of skin or hide (Fig. 277). For all kinds of head-ornaments, which are very popular, they use in Ushashiand Ngoroine mostly ostrich feathers, lions manes, orcolobus skins (Figs. 278, 279). The manes are worn onthe heads like caps, so that the hair hangs low down allround, almost hiding the face of the wearer (Fig. 280).Sometimes the back also is covered with a large piece of Fie; 292. Fig. Fig. 277.—Ornament fr Calf of the Leg. (III. E., 5731, a, l>.)Fig. 292.—Rattle Girdle. (III. E., 5700.) ostrich-skin, to which the feathers still adhere. Fig. 281exhibits the fashion of wearing the hair as well as theornaments for neck and arms prevailing in Madjita Ushashi and Ngoroine they tie round the hipsvarious sorts of narrow or broad leather girdles adornedwith cowrie-shells (Fig. 282), also leather straps withstrings of tablets made from the shells of ostrich eggs(Fig. 283), or girdles of rattles (Fig. 284). I noticed 186 VICTORIA NYANZA several tools for daily use suspended from a girdle madeof plaited strings of bast, and adorned with glass beadsand with spirals of brass wire. These tools were : Thelower friction-board for making fire, a small pocketmade of skin, and a small needle-case for iron needles
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