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Page 111
... as a present . By these he had children who , strangely enough , were not hairy , and had no tails , and these were the progenitors of the Masai . -Joseph Thomson , Through Masai Land V Rites of Passage " ... we have to share In Maasai Land ...
... as a present . By these he had children who , strangely enough , were not hairy , and had no tails , and these were the progenitors of the Masai . -Joseph Thomson , Through Masai Land V Rites of Passage " ... we have to share In Maasai Land ...
Page 113
... Maasai shields ; the white and yellow come from clays , the black from ash ... Land . Leite's people were part of the last wave of lean herdsmen to descend ... Maasai tribes were farther to the east , in the grasslands and sur- rounding ...
... Maasai shields ; the white and yellow come from clays , the black from ash ... Land . Leite's people were part of the last wave of lean herdsmen to descend ... Maasai tribes were farther to the east , in the grasslands and sur- rounding ...
Page 185
... Maasai ; Thomson , in 1883 , was the first Euro- pean to cross Maasai Land to Lake Victoria and return . " We soon set our eyes upon the dreaded warriors that had been so long the subject of my waking dreams , and I could not but ...
... Maasai ; Thomson , in 1883 , was the first Euro- pean to cross Maasai Land to Lake Victoria and return . " We soon set our eyes upon the dreaded warriors that had been so long the subject of my waking dreams , and I could not but ...
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