. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. 122 EASTERN ETHIOPIA x especially among a closely ol)tams in other tribes allied tribe, the Nandi. The men and women of the Kikuyu country deA^ote much care to the decoration of their ears, and, like the Masai, attach ornaments to the helix as well as to the lobe, but the styles of ear-studs and ear-rings of the Wa- Kikuyu differ in some particular from those of their The Ear of a Masai with tlie stone in Kitii. The Ijoys, whe
. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. 122 EASTERN ETHIOPIA x especially among a closely ol)tams in other tribes allied tribe, the Nandi. The men and women of the Kikuyu country deA^ote much care to the decoration of their ears, and, like the Masai, attach ornaments to the helix as well as to the lobe, but the styles of ear-studs and ear-rings of the Wa- Kikuyu differ in some particular from those of their The Ear of a Masai with tlie stone in Kitii. The Ijoys, when they are nearly ripe for circumcision, have the rims of their ears pierced in several places; tlirough the holes tliree, and occa-sionally five reeds are introduced ; these reeds project from the rim of the helix, but lie in the same plane as the ear. In the case of women five holes are made in the helix. In its simplest form the ornament consists of a piece of grass with a bead of gum at the base to. 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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