The Orphans And Ants Part 22: Battledress

“His appearance is very prepossessing, rather above common size, with a remarkable easy carriage, and his tout ensemble majestic... Round his head - as an antidote against the headache, with which he was troubled - he wore a large snake’s skin, the bright colours of which formed a pleasing contrast to that of his face.

He was dressed in a jackal’s Kabo & in his hand carried a handsome battle axe. On his legs, ankles & wrists he wore a great number of copper rings & bracelets of beautiful workmanship, and on his legs, just below his knees, similar rings, some of which he told us he made himself. Round his ankles were four rows of beads of virgin gold, which he said he had taken from a Mantatee chief he had killed in battle.”