ABSTRACT
The people are said to have originally worn skins and bark-cloth, but although men still wore skins on journeys or in the fields, locally woven and imported cloths appear to have become the main form of clothing by the second half of the nineteenth century. Beads and brass or copper wire bracelets and anklets were popular among women, and solid brass or copper rings were sometimes worn by men during this period. 3M
Nowadays a considerable variety of clothing styles are found, especially for men. Many men wear cheap imported cloths as sarongs about their waists, sometimes over a pa1r of shorts. Sometimes a European-type shirt or vest is also worn. Arabstyle long white shifts, kanzu, are also popular, though relatively few men can afford to wear them regularly. A jacket is sometimes worn on top of these, especially by more important men such as chiefs, and such men also sometimes wear good quality European-style clothing. Large and expensive patterned cloths imported from the coast are also popular with chiefs. Among the more common types of hat are white brimless caps, which are often embroidered, and red fezzes. Some European-style hats, e.g. army bush hats, are also found. European-style shoes are rather rare, and most men go barefoot or wear sandals cut from car or lorry tyres.
