Re: Fulani henna traditions?
Posted by Catherine Cartwright Jones on October 8, 2001 at 02:27:01:
In reply to: Fulani henna traditions? posted by Nick on October 8, 2001 at 02:00:42:
I was just reading a book on the Fulani ...They do use henna, but I think there are problems in that tattooing
reference. The tattoos (according to sources I've found) are done
with carbon (burnt one thing or another, or soot caught on a bit of
pottery), and sometimes also crocodile or Nile perch bile, or breast
milk.
Perhaps they're carbonizing the henna, and using that as the carbon
for tattoo.
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