Archive image from page 272 of Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Stefanie; a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring & hunting expedition in eastern equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888 discoveryoflakes01hhne Year: 1894 WAR COSTUME OF MASAI MOHAN 249 There is really more pretension and impudence behind the self-consciousness of the moran than real courage, and they owe much of the dread in which they are held to their effective get-up. The short mantle of brown- haired kid - skin, which he generally wears fastened on the right shoulder, is twisted into a girdle and
Archive image from page 272 of Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Discovery of lakes Rudolf and Stefanie; a narrative of Count Samuel Teleki's exploring & hunting expedition in eastern equatorial Africa in 1887 & 1888 discoveryoflakes01hhne Year: 1894 WAR COSTUME OF MASAI MOHAN 249 There is really more pretension and impudence behind the self-consciousness of the moran than real courage, and they owe much of the dread in which they are held to their effective get-up. The short mantle of brown- haired kid - skin, which he generally wears fastened on the right shoulder, is twisted into a girdle and trans- ferred to his waist. He leaves some of his gala ornaments at home, substitut- ing for them an iron bell worn above the knee. His head and shoulders and also his spear are pro- fusely smeared with red grease, which makes him look as if he were dripping with blood. Below the knee he fastens a strip of colubus skin, which, with the long white hair still on it, stands away from the legs in front. Eound his neck is tied the naibere, which consists, as already stated, of a long piece of white cotton with a stripe This flows straight down MASAI MORAN IN WAR ARRAY. of coloured stuff sewn in the middle
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