Ceremonial cloak

A ceremonial goat skin painted with red ochre and decorated with white cowries. The hem are folded and stitched. A goat was slaughtered, skin removed and pegged on the ground using wooden pegs to dry. It is pegged on a tree trunk and the hairs scrapped of and the edges stitched together. The skin is painted with red ochre and white cowrie shells are stitched on it. It is worn over the shoulder by girls and boys undergoing circumcision.