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0096 The Book of Ser Marco Polo : vol.2
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horn with its wrapper is sometimes a good nine inches long. They consider this
coiffure sacred, so at least I was told, and even those who wear a short pig-tail for
convenience in entering Chinese territory still conserve the indigenous horn, concealed
for the occasion under the folds of the Sze-ch'wan turban." (Baber, p. 61.) See
these horns on figures, Bk. II. ch. lviiii.
"The principal clothing of a Lolo is his mantle, a capacious sleeveless garment of
grey or black felt gathered round his neck by a string, and reaching nearly to his