String cap

A string cap worked into a thick mop of hair and the string appears to be crocheted and radiates out from the top. This is an uncircumcised pre-sapana hairstyle rarely found among agricultural pre-sapana kurut pokot but frequently amongst the pastoralists. Boys can wear this whenever they like and they usually do it at about ten years of age and do not have to ask anyone if they can wear it. They put red clay(anuwat) on it but can not put any colours on it or feathers until they have undergone sapana. It is often covered with red mud so that the base is not visible. This is done by older boys only as the clay is heavy for the little boys. The hair grows up and becomes very thick. It is dressed by a friend specialist who works it with piriran(string) made from tapoyo tree using an accent(needle of wood). It is cut off at circumcision by a man, boys and women cannot cut it.