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Show AFniCAN HAIR onessiNO. Ike O-issr Wars Thai annia tail)- ! aajas tlo.rii Thslr tlsrh lulr. A llmllotl wardrobe, such aa beflta tho climate, may In a brief manner ho stated aa tho general iharacterlstlool African drrsa. Wliat littlu they wear 1 lionerer. In many ensea peculiar cnougli to merit n tow wonla, and la aoiiK times combined with an extraordinary extraor-dinary furore for Improving on nature by disturbing (heir o!hcrwlo not Mirtlciilarly haudsomo cuuulenancem Among the Mangaujas for eiuinple, It la the hea.1 upon which tho greatest elaboration Is l-estoweil. Tlio most fnvorllo form of drcwlng tho hilr Is to take n couplo uf piece? of wet, pliable hido and aliita them Into tho form of ox or buffalo bonis, nllcr which they are allnmd to dry. Thy are then fa-tenc,d to each side of tho forehead and tho hair trained over them and plastered Into Kltlon by means of grenro and clay. Two borna are tho favorite ornament, but sometimes some-times onlyono la 11-Mitt In the latter case tho wearer looka liko a black bl-tcdal bl-tcdal lllileorn. Other vary thla stylo ot hair drc-.-lug bytwldlng upanumbur of lucka nil over tlio head loin tho sha of miniature horns, ao aa to eau-onior-ruplnodiko npiearniico In the praelli-er nt thla cltraordllinry st)1eof lieaddresa. l'lglall., so far aa their short "wool" will allow, are also hi vnguo among aomo ot thla (rllie. Tho women, aa might bo etpeeted, nro also by no means without fastidiousness hi dressing dress-ing and ornamenting Iholr hair, but thla la ipillo overshadowed by another effort nt Uautltylng hi which they elect, el-ect, namely, In wearing tho "pelele or rlnguf Ivory, inttal ortiamboo, which la of considerable she, In ther upj-er lip, tho vrldeo for Ita rcciptlun liclng gradually enlarged from early girlhood until It can receive tho full aired ring, which, among tlio Manganja lielles, ronstltutca tho nemo of femalo loveliness loveli-ness mode i-crfect. Tho wearing of this hUlcoiia ornament orna-ment alters tliowholo npfH-aranco ot tho faro and renders It ImpovJblo for the women to pronouueo tho labl.il letter-. Ifenco a woman In thla trlbo a peaka differently1 from tho men. tJoum of tho women cten luttvo, but owing to the darknesa of their skin this mode of decoration cannot get shown to ad vantago and la not very mpolar. It la not pleasant tu rcconl uf n nation so fond of dresa that they aeemeU to l intlrcly uneoliselolis that hi civilized eye elcnullneiui la n tlrtuo which ninka even higher, Uian tattooing. Pcoplea of tho World. |
