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"The women, on the other hand, have several other ways in which they seek to adorn their cape. The fringe may grow to over half a decimeter in length and be tied together into a number of small stiff tufts. The woman in the foreground on pl. 49 has such a fringe. The little girl on pl. 31 wears two extremely fine and long forehead tassels. According to another mod, which is illustrated by the title vignette and pl. 48, a number of small tufts of only a few centimeters long are tied together along the entire skull from the forehead to the neck. Glass beads of different colors are threaded on these tassels. This style undeniably attracts attention, which is the main thing with most ladies. A third, no less striking haircut is worn by the swamp lady with the child in her lap on pl. 49. With the exception of the fringe, the hair here is not tied together, but the natural little wool tufts are at regular intervals adorned with glass beads. Such a style is confusingly similar to the dance hats used by babisa. Batwa use two different types of combs; both are made of wood. One type is cut in one piece, the other consists of wooden sticks connected next to each other. The teeth of the former type require a lot of work, when they are cut out. You start by drilling a row of holes at the line from which you want the teeth to emanate. With the holes as a starting point, you gently scrape off chip after chip, until the teeth get the desired length. The combs are often stored tucked into the hair so that only one side is visible. Therefore, it has been considered unnecessary to apply ornaments on both sides.
The comb Fig. 49, which is 9.5 cm. long, consists of twelve interconnected, at one end pointed wooden sticks. This comb is extremely well made, and despite its width, all the sticks lie in the same plane."
(pp. 163-167, von Rosen, 1916, translated from Swedish).