. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. VI.] NATIVE FASHIONS. 79 But it is in tlie adornment (?) of their heads that the Wagogo principally exercise their inventive powers, and nothing is too absurd or hideous to please them. Some twist their wool into innumerable small strings, artifi- cially lengthened by w^orking in fibres of the baobab-tree, and either make them project wildly in all directions, or allow them June, AKM8 AND 0HNAMENT8. to fall more naturally, cutting them level with the eyebrows, bu
. Across Africa. Indigenous peoples -- Africa, Central; Plants -- Africa, Central; Africa, Central -- Description and travel. VI.] NATIVE FASHIONS. 79 But it is in tlie adornment (?) of their heads that the Wagogo principally exercise their inventive powers, and nothing is too absurd or hideous to please them. Some twist their wool into innumerable small strings, artifi- cially lengthened by w^orking in fibres of the baobab-tree, and either make them project wildly in all directions, or allow them June, AKM8 AND 0HNAMENT8. to fall more naturally, cutting them level with the eyebrows, but letting them lie in a mass on the back of the neck. On the ends of these strings there are often little brass balls and different-colored beads. Others cover their heads with copper pice brightly polished, or shave the greater part of the crown, training from the un- shorn portions a varying number of stiff tails frequently wound. 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. New York : Harper & Bros.
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