. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . Fig. 279.—Bonnet made from Skin of Lion. (III. E., 5709.) The clothing of the Washashi exhibits as great avariety as do their ornaments, and if the men do notprefer to go absolutely naked, they put on gar-ments of the most various kinds, which doeverything rather than actually cover the body. Themost common garments are skins, which are tanned softand well scraped (Fig. 288), and worn like a toga round i88 VICTORIA NYANZA the shoulders. But as these skins are short, they mostlycover only the
. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . Fig. 279.—Bonnet made from Skin of Lion. (III. E., 5709.) The clothing of the Washashi exhibits as great avariety as do their ornaments, and if the men do notprefer to go absolutely naked, they put on gar-ments of the most various kinds, which doeverything rather than actually cover the body. Themost common garments are skins, which are tanned softand well scraped (Fig. 288), and worn like a toga round i88 VICTORIA NYANZA the shoulders. But as these skins are short, they mostlycover only the upper part of the body. Various tools ofconstant use are attached to the skins, such as pincers,materials for lighting fire, tobacco-pouch, etc. Theseskins are often very carefully prepared. The hair isremoved, then they are made soft and pliable with grease r. Fig. 280.—Head Decoration of Colobus Skin. (III. E., 5709.) and dyed red, and finally adorned with various beads andornaments of iron (Fig. 289). For dancing they put onskins which are set with an abundance of beads or smalldiscs formed of shells of ostrich eggs, and fringed withstrings of wooden beads and of rattles made of pods con-taining seeds (Fig. 290). USHASHI AND KINDRED TRIBES OF THE MASSAI 189 As aprons proper they use small single or doubleheart-shaped bits of skin, tied with straps round the hip,
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