. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. The ear of a .Ja-luo cliief ornamented with rings bearing beada. The scalp of a .Ta-luo man ^v'lth a pattern shaved up<ra it. (After Hobley.) propitiate the spirit of the dead man, the slayer shaves his head for three days on returning to the village. Tlie men also shave their heads in curious patterns. The Ja-luo ornament their ears in a peculiar way. They insert a num- ber of rings along the helix, sometimes as many as fifteen may be
. Man and beast in eastern Ethiopia : From observations made in British East Africa, Uganda, and the Sudan . Natural history; Indigenous peoples; Ethnology. The ear of a .Ja-luo cliief ornamented with rings bearing beada. The scalp of a .Ta-luo man ^v'lth a pattern shaved up<ra it. (After Hobley.) propitiate the spirit of the dead man, the slayer shaves his head for three days on returning to the village. Tlie men also shave their heads in curious patterns. The Ja-luo ornament their ears in a peculiar way. They insert a num- ber of rings along the helix, sometimes as many as fifteen may be counted in one ear. The rino-s bear a small bead known as Nyaluo ; the majority are blue. They differ from the usual trade article. The natives state that they find them in the Maragolia Hills after a heavy thunderstorm ; tliey. 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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