JAM POTS AS EAR ORNAMENTS.
Captain-W. J. P. Benson interested a Sheffield audience recently"';'with the following description of the Kikuyu natives:—"They are not, beautiful, but they are wonderful- to., behold, and highly interesting." What they lack-in raiment -they make up for in what they, are pleased* to consider ornaments. A large hole is cut in the lobe of the ears, and this hole is gradually distended until it:is capable of holding jars and tins which once upon a time have held jams and potted meats. These and similar things, which they hare doubtless picked up on hunting expeditions, the men stick into the distended lobes of their ears. I heard of one man wlio essayed to put an ox-tongue tin i::to his ear, but broke the lobe in the attempt, leavijig the two ends dangling like tassels. When it is windy and
they annoy him, he ties the two ends together in a knot."
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13455, 29 April 1914, Page 2
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154JAM POTS AS EAR ORNAMENTS. Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13455, 29 April 1914, Page 2
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