atufu

Updated: May 6, 2025

The latter is the favourite; the pigtails, which stand stiff upright, and are whipped round like pricks of tobacco, may number half a dozen: one, however, is the common style, and the size is said to be determined by a delicate consideration. Opposed to this is the highly civilised atufu, 'kankey, or bussle, whose origin is disputed.

Sir Richard Francis Burton - To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II: A Personal Narrative