. First footsteps in East Africa, or, An exploration of Harar . COSTUMES OF VIII.—Ten Days at Harar. 17 A long, wide, cotton shirt, with short arms as in theArabs Aba, indigo-dyed or chocolate-coloured, andornamented with a triangle of scarlet before and behind—the base on the shoulder and the apex at the waist—is girt round the middle with a sash of white cottoncrimson-edged. Women of the upper class, when leavingthe house, throw a blue sheet over the head, which,however, is rarely veiled. The front and back hairparted in the centre is gathered into two large bunchesbelow the ears, an
. First footsteps in East Africa, or, An exploration of Harar . COSTUMES OF VIII.—Ten Days at Harar. 17 A long, wide, cotton shirt, with short arms as in theArabs Aba, indigo-dyed or chocolate-coloured, andornamented with a triangle of scarlet before and behind—the base on the shoulder and the apex at the waist—is girt round the middle with a sash of white cottoncrimson-edged. Women of the upper class, when leavingthe house, throw a blue sheet over the head, which,however, is rarely veiled. The front and back hairparted in the centre is gathered into two large bunchesbelow the ears, and covered with dark blue muslin ornetwork, whose ends meet under the chin. This coiffureis bound round the head at the junction of scalp and skinby a black satin ribbon which varies in breadth accord-ing to the wearers means: some adorn the gear withlarge gilt pins, others twine in it a Taj or thin wreath ofsweet-smelHng creeper. The virgins collect their locks,which are generally wavy not wiry, and grow long aswell as thick, into a knot tied a la Diane
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