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Maasai people (Kenya, Tanzania) Small Shield with two spear 1962 Animal hide, wood, reed, natural pigments, iron 12 1/4" X 7" 65-13-40 Donor: DeHaven C. Woodcock

If you look at Kenya’s flag, you are struck by the triad of red, green, and black. Adopted in 1963, the color symbolism of Kenya’s flag underscores the former British colony’s cry for independence. In the center of the flag, floating above the bands of red, green, and black, is a Maasai shield with spears. Symbolic of the Kenyan defense of freedom, the shield and spears are equally emblematic of Maasai culture. Active in the Mau Mau Uprising, beginning in 1952 and concluding in 1960, the leadership of the Maasai was fractured by British colonial officials in the 1900s through a series of treaties. Primarily a pastoralist group, the treaties decimated and diminished existing Maasai territories and inhibited tribal members from moving herds within the rains. While British colonialism restricted the Maasai’s semi-nomadic lifestyle and placed them into an anomalous position of sedentariness, warrior culture thrived in this Nilotic ethnic group’s art forms and socialization. While warriors traditionally tested their courage through raiding other tribes, the young Maasai warrior could still assess his bravery through a long-standing tradition of killing a lion while armed with only three implements: a double-edged machete, a spear, and a buffalo-hide shield. These shields, called elongo in the Maa or Kimaasai language of the Maasai, were used in warfare, hunting, and rites of passage. Buffalo or cattle hide was sewn onto a wooden frame decorated with polychrome geometric patterns known as sirata. Sirata distinguished age groups, warrior status, and notably clan achievements and affiliations. Other commentary indicates that sirata also denotes circumcision age, sectional, marks of bravery, and ornamentation. For example, the rare sirata el langarbwali symbol was awarded to tribal elders with outstanding bravery in battle. Each sirata is unique to the bearer and functions as a record of Maasai history, but original meanings of the sirata have been lost to time and are not widely known among contemporary Maasai.

The Maasai shield in the African Art collection is an outlier among the many examples of Maasai shields available in museum collections and auctions; this miniature shield is intended for children. The shield is constructed from a wooden (reed) armature, with animal hide delicately stitched to the convex reed frame. A central rib handle is attached at the centre back of the shield, wrapped with strips of animal hide. The specific iconography of the sirata is unknown. The polychrome design of red, green, yellow, white, and black, was made from applied dyes, paints, and pigments. These applied colors were obtained by mixing different types of clays and ashes to achieve bright hues. For example, the black pigment could be easily obtained from mixing the skins of burnt gourds.Even blood was mixed with earth, further signifying how integral warfare and hunting are to Maasai life. The colors of this Maasai shield correspond to a narok triad -- black, red, and white -- accompanied by muain sidain, complementary colors such as the yellow and green used. Muain sidain roughly translates to ‘beautiful colors’ in Kimaasai, while narok means ‘black’. For now, we do not know the meaning of the sirata in question, but learning the specific clan behind the sirata will give us further insight into both the making of the elongo and the boy who carried this shield.

Brianna Perry ‘21

Consulted Works & Further Readings:

Shield | Maasai peoples | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Maasai Shield, East Africa

Black, white, and red all over: Tereneh Idia on the meaning of color in Maasai culture

Masai Shield, Kenya/Tanzania

The 'Elongo': The Power of the Maasai Shield — Google Arts & Culture

Blood and Leather—re-creating the Maasai war shield — ConserVentures

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/content/part/EANHS/No.%2037_201_1930_Storrs-Fox.pdf

Maasai and Ndebele Art

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ask-white-fatalis · 7 years ago

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1. What’s their full name? Why was that chosen? Does it mean anything?Shiro’s full name is Shironus AkumaWraths full name is Wrathanula AkumaKaze’s name is simply Kaze AkumaQuins (my hunter OC’s) name is Quintor Zenerith

3. Did they have a good childhood? What are fond memories they have of it? What’s a bad memory?Shiros childhood was horrid. for the first 100 years, wrath made his life a living hell in order to toughen him up, only to abandon him by exiling Shiro from his ancestral homeland for Shiro’s pacifistic beliefs.Wrath didn’t start as an asshole. he was a fairly average dragon and even at one point interacted with human beings. however, a turn of betrayal with the humans turn wrath cold and unfeeling.Kaze so far has had a good childhood, then again he is only 2 years old.Quin’s childhood was one of poverty and homelessness, as his parents were killed by a rogue Gore Magala when he was still very young.

5. Do they have any siblings? What’s their names? What is their relationship with them? Has their relationship changed since they were kids to adults? Shiro Has a brother and a sister. His brother, Kuro, Is a black fatalis and is his fathers favorite, often belittling Shiro about how little their father cares about him. Kuro has grown arrogant and crass, often womanizing with many female fatalis’s. Shiros sister is a creature even wrath fears because of how far he pushed her violent nature. given she is a crimson fatalis, the most violent of the 3 species, wrath had her trapped within an abandoned castle when she started to kill her own kind for sport. Kaze, Wrath, and Quin are only Child’s.

7. Did they have lots of friends as a child? Did they keep any of their childhood friends into adulthood? ((most of my Main OC’s do not have many childhood friends, whether being unpopular, an outcast or generally displeasing in general (wrath…). however, I’m glad to say both quin and shiro are making friends in their adult life.))

9. Do animals like them? Do they get on well with animals? Shiro, although a predator by nature, does his best to respect all living creatures, even befriending some that most fatalis’s would just see as a meal.Wrath has a stern belief that fatalis kind are gods among mortals, that every creature is below that of his species, some of which need to be eradicated from existence.Kaze is learning shiros more pacifistic ways.Quin, even as a hunter, has many monster friends, including a zinogre he raised from a lost pup.

11. Do they have any special diet requirements? Are they a vegetarian? Vegan? Have any allergies?Shiro, Wrath and Kaze are carnivores, and require meat to feed them. however, to keep up kaze’s metal coat, he must ingest ores, like iron and dragonite.

13. What is their least favourite food?Shiro: Rhenoplos, their hide is too hard to chew and their meat is stringy and tough…Wrath: of all of earths creatures, humans by far taste the most foul. and believe me, I have experience to back that up… -growls-Kaze: STONES TASTE YUCKY, BLEEEEECH!!! >:cQuin: Grilled cheese. …. I’M NOT WEIRD, YOU ARE!

15. Are they good at cooking? Do they enjoy it? What do others think of their cooking?((Shiro,Wrath and kaze cannot cook cuz they are dragons, and even in gjinka form they eat food raw.))Quin is an average cook, and likes to surprise his wife with many dishes. his specialty is pizza.

17. Do they like to take photos? What do they like to take photos of? Selfies? What do they do with their photos?all: … what are photos?

19. What’s their least favourite genres?Shiro: I don’t care much for those horror books… they really seem unnecessarily Gorey… and i care not for what the young dragons call “Wrap music”. Wrath: Human arts are a waste of time. if i want entertainment fromthem, I’ll just burn their beloved libraries!! HAHAHA! STUPID PINK MONKEYS!Kaze: ROMANCE IS GROSS, BLEEEEECHQuin: I hate anything with adam sandler :I

21. Do they have a temper? Are they patient? What are they like when they do lose their temper?Shiro has a lot of patients, but LORD HELP YOU IF THAT FUSE GOES OUT. Wrath simply kills you if you bug him slightly so…Kaze, as a kid and thus doesn’t have an abundance of patients, and often complains if he doesn’t get his way.Quins temper is fairly level, but has none for people he thinks are rude.

23. Do they have a good memory? Short term or long term? Are they good with names? Or faces?Shiro and Wrath remember everything that has ever happened in their 100,000′s of years they’ve been alive.Kaze has very bad short term memory and has a bad attention span.Quin has a decent memory but has trouble with names.

25. What do they find funny? Do they have a good sense of humour? Are they funny themselves?(( @monsterhunterayame asked this as well!))Shiro: what did the buffalo say to his kid when he went to school? -snorts- BISON!!! PFFFFFFHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH, OH YOU HUMANS MAKE THE FUNNIEST JOKES!!! HAHAHAHA!!!Wrath: the screams of torment of my victims the second before i rip their heads off! humans make the most pitifully funny squeaks~Kaze: POTATO! :DQuin: My friends have named me the pun deputy~

27. What makes them sad? Do they cry regularly? Do they cry openly or hide it? What are they like they are sad?If he ever gets into an bad argument with a friend, shiro will feel very depressed, and often think that he ruined the friendship he worked hard to build. he does cry, but not openly.Wrath believes showing sadness is a weakness unbefiting of a dragon, and will never show anyone the sadness in his stone cold heart.Kaze often gets sad if he squishes a bug, and will cry openly, asking shiro if he can save the poor insect.Quins sadness comes from the thought of the gore magala ripping his new life out of his grip, and the parents he lost to the beast.

29. What do they do when they find out someone else’s fear? Do they tease them? Or get very over protective?Shiro gets very protective of his friends,doing his best never to mention their fears.Wrath brutally abuses the knowledge of ones fear, often using it to torment his victims. Kaze is generally fearless,so he doesnt quite grasp why others would be afraid.Quin, if only for a harmless park would jokingly tease about the fear, but will immediately stop if he thinks he’s gone too far.

31. Do they drink? What are they like drunk? What are they like hungover? How do they act when other people are drunk or hungover? Kind or teasing?((Shiro, Kaze and Wrath do not consume alcohol))Quin does drink, but only the drinks that taste “fruity”. and if he gets drunk, he becomes very flirtatious, to the point where he bets he could shove a wine bottle up his… ehm…y-you get the point…

33. What underwear do they wear? Boxers or briefs? Lacey? Comfy granny panties?((for this purpose,monsters will be in gjinka form))Boxers: Wrath, KazeBriefs: Shiro, Quin

35. What’s their guilty pleasure? What is their totally unguilty pleasure?Shiro’s guilty pleasure: making purring noises when happy, and getting chin scritches.Shiros unguilty pleasure: Making friends!Wraths Guilty Pleasure: expressing joy.Wraths unguilty pleasure: killing.Quins guilty pleasure: SingingQuins unguilty pleasure: Raving about his wife, Naomi.

37. Do they like to read? Are they a fast or slow reader? Do they like poetry? Fictional or non fiction?Shiro,Kaze and Quin all enjoy reading fiction books, Quins fave being kaiju novels, whereas shiro and kaze like fairy tale fantasy books. Quin and shiro are fast readers,but kaze is still learning howto read.Wrath thinks books are a waste of time and prefers to just burn them.

39. Do they like letters? Or prefer emails/messaging?-All characters live in a technologically inept age in terms of writing, so all must stick to letters,-

41. What’s their sexuality? What do they find attractive? Physically and mentally? What do they like/need in a relationship?Shiro would most likely be Heterosexual however a certain fish gets him all hot and bothered so i guess its a bit ambiguous. in a relationship,shiro likes mutual respect and lots of small signs of physical affection, like cuddling. Wrath is Unfeeling, although he would only have relations with an opposite gender.Kaze is too young to determine.Quin is Bi-Sexual, and likes a lady with confidence and curves, and a man with a cute face and muscle, but not too much! Quin also likes physical signs of affection and someone he can have a laugh with and relate to.

43. Are they religious? What do they think of religion? What do they think of religious people? What do they think of non religious people?…. uh

45. How do other people see them? Is it similar to how they see themselves?Shiro: I HAVE ZERO REDEEMING QUALITIES! ;U;Wrath: all fear me,and all SHOULD fear me…Kaze: they think i’m a cute! owoQuin: I’m not sure really…i guess just some guy??? i dunno…

47. How do they act in a formal occasion? What do they think of black tie wear? ((Monster OC’s will again be refered to in their gjinka forms))Shiro is ALWAYS the fanciest and classiest dressed mother fucker in the room.Wrath doesnt care. Kaze is often told by shiro to dress fancy but often just likes to wear hoodies and shorts cuz they’re comfy.Quin dresses his best on formal occasions, and would buy a tux if it were necessary.

49. What is their most valued object? Are they sentimental? Is there something they have to take everywhere with them?For shiro, Four obsidian spires in a long forgotten valley are very close to his heart. every year he goes to see them for hours on end on one particular day.Wrath has a scar on his chest thats important to him, however, its to remind him to NEVER show weakness.Kaze has a scale from Shiro that he carries everywhere, to make him feel like shiro will always protect him. Quin’s only thing from his parents are his fathers Critical Brachydios dual blades. he takes them on every serious hunt he’s been on.

#GOD DAMN #LONG FUCKING POST #ask white fatalis #ask prompt #shiro #wrath #kaze #Quin #white fatalis #kushala daora #Monster Hunter

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Artifact Series C

C. Everett Koop's Scalpel

C. Henry Kempe's Teddy Bear

C.D. Atkins' Orange Juice Jug

C. H. Bennett's Ball of String

C. L. Blood's Bellows

C. S. Lewis' Wardrobe

C. S. Lewis' Writing Pen

C.S.A.: Confederate States of America Film Poster

Cab Calloway’s Zoot Suit

Cabbage Patch Monkey Doll

Cable from the Warsaw Radio Mast

Cai Lun’s Paper

Cain's Stone

Calaveras Skull

Calico Jack's Belt

Calico Jack's Flintlock Pistol

California Gold Rush Mining Pan

Caligula's Battle Armor

Caligula's Sandals *

Calvin Coolidge's Kerosene Lamp

Calvin Graham’s Sailor Suit

Calypso's Conch

Camera from the Ed Sullivan Show

Cameron Todd Willingham's Lighter

Camille Flammarion's Flammarion Engraving

Candles from Jeanne Calment's 100th Birthday Cake

Candle from the Conspirators Camp

Cangjie’s Oracle Bone Script

Canister of Greek Fire

Canister of Inconsolability *

Cannon from the Battle of Narva

Cao Cao’s Beard Brush

Captain Adrian Snow's Gauntlet

Captain Edward John Smith's Hat

Captain Gallagher’s Sword Hilt

Captain Hendrick Goosen's Trawling Net

Captain Joseph White’s Mattress

Caracalla's Bathing Amphora

Caravaggio’s Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence

Caravaggio's The Lute Player *

Carbondale Oppressing Iron *

Cardea's Hinge

Cardinal Richelieu's Table Knife

Caretaker Ribbon *

Carey Loftin's Gloves *

Carl Barks' Animation Cels

Carl Hagenbeck's Circus Wagon

Carl G. Fisher’s Acetylene Headlight

Carl Gustav Hempel's Apple

Carl Jung's Cuckoo Clock

Carl Jung’s Sofa Cushion

Carl Laemmle's Nickelodeon

Carl Linnaeus' Cravat

Carl Linnaeus' Herbarium

Carl Magee’s Parking Meter

Carl McCunn's Driver License

Carl Ray's Paint Brushes

Carl Sagan's Jacket

Carlo Collodi's Bracelet *

Carlo Pellegrini’s Spats

Carlos Arredondo's Hat

Carlos Hathcock's Feather

Carlos Marcello's Favorite Table

Carmen Miranda's Maracas

Carmine Galante’s Cigar

Carnation Flowers from the Carnation Revolution

Carrie Nation’s Hatchet

Carrie White's Prom Dress

Carry-on Bag

Casey Jones' Pocketwatch

Casey Martin's Golf Club

Casey Martin’s Golf Tee

Casimir Pulaski's and Michael Kovats de Fabriczy's Hessian Cavalry Swords

Casimir Zeglen’s Bulletproof Vest

Cask of Amontillado

Caspar Wistar’s Shutters

Cassandra "Elvira" Peterson's '58 Ford Thunderbird

Cassie Chadwick's Pearl Necklace

Cassius Dio's Silver Coins

Castle Crasher Knight's Weapons

Catequil's Clubs

Caterina Sforza's Spine

Catherine de' Medici's Corset

Catherine of Aragon's Wedding Ring

Catherine O'Leary's Cow Bell *

Catherine the Great's Scarf

Catherine the Great's Slippers

Catherine the Great's Washing Board *

"Cats" Vinyl Record

Cattle Skull

Caucasian Eagle Automaton

Caught-in-the-Throat "Laff!" Sign *

Cauldron of Annwn

Cauldron of Rebirth

Cave of the Piasa Bird

Cecil B. DeMille's Riding Crop *

Cecília Meireles' Rose Pen

Cellphone from the Set of Dollhouse

Celtic Red Deer Hide

Ceramic Black Buffalo

Ceramic Figurine Collection

Cernunnos' Torc

Cesar Chavez's Hoe

Cesar Chavez's Trellis

Cesira Ferrani's Atomizer

Chain from St. Mary of Bethlehem Asylum

Chains Used to Topple Saddam Hussein's Statue in Firdos Square

Chair from the Norrmalmstorg Bank Robbery

Chalice of Dionysus

Chalkboard Erasers from the Tanganyika Laughter Epidemic

Champagne Glasses From the SS United States

Chandelier from the Montansier Opera House *

Chandre Oram's Flag

Chang and Eng Bunker's Wedding Rings

Chang Apana's Detective Badge

Charlemagne's Crown

Charlemagne's Stirrup

Charles II of Navarre’s Bandages

Charles II's Croquet Balls *

Charles II's Executioner Axe

Charles VI’s Pillow

Charles Addams' Harpsichord

Charles Algernon Parsons' Gramophone Horn

Charles Angibaud’s Mortar

Charles Babbage's Gears

Charles Babbage's Difference Engine

Charles Baudelaire's Second Volume of Les Fleurs du mal

Charles B. Franklin’s Camshaft

Charles Bell's Rolls of Canvas

Charles Blondin's Tightrope

Charles Blondin's Unitard

Charles the Bold’s Livery Collar

Charles Bourseul’s Telephone

Charles Bowles' Flour Sack

Charles Calvert's Tobacco

Charles Carpenter’s Bazookas

Charles Correll's Amos 'n' Andy Taxi

Charles Coughlin's Collar

Charles Cretors’ Popcorn Cart

Charles Cullen's Scrubs

Charles Darwin’s Magnifying Glass

Charles Darwin's Spyglass

Charles Davenport's Syringe

Charles Dickens' Badminton Racket *

Charles Dickens’ Desk

Charles Dickens' Scotch

Charles Dodgson's Rosary

Charles Douglass’ Laff Box

Charles Édouard Guillaume's Balance Wheel

Charles F. Urschel’s Blindfold

Charles Fort’s Newspaper Clippings

Charles Fort's Umbrella

Charles Francis Hall's Coffee Cup

Charles Goodyear's Synthetic Rubber

Charles Hanson's Rocking Horse *

Charles J. Guiteau’s Revolver

Charles Jeffries' Skeleton Army Cap

Charles Kingsford Smith's Airplane's Undercarriage Leg and Wheel

Charles Knight's Hail Cannon

Charles Lindbergh Jr.’s Baby Rattle

Charles Lyell's Tool Belt

Charles M. Schulz's Pumpkin

Charles Macintosh's Socks

Charles Manson's Metal Guitar Pick

Charles Manson's VW Bus

Charles Martel's Stirrup

Charles Minthorn Murphy’s Bicycle Rollers

Charles Osborne's Water Cup

Charles Page's Cross

Charles Peace's Gold Pocketwatch

Charles Pearson's Tin-Can Telephone

Charles Perrault's Seven-League Boots

Charles Portal's RAF Pin

Charles Ponzi's Money Clip *

Charles Richter and Beno Gutenberg's Paper Roll and Pen

Charles Richter's Fountain Pen and Cap

Charles Simic's Fork

Charles Wells’ Roulette Wheel

Charles Whitman's Sniper Rifle

Charley Parkhurst's Whip

Charlie Chaplin's Bowler Hat

Charlie Chaplin's Cane

Charlotte Corday's Hairbrush

Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Wallpaper

Charlton Heston's Rifle

Charles Whitman's Sniper Rifle

Charred Crane from Greene County Oil Well Fire

Château de Madrid Majolica

Che Guevara's Beret

Chen Si's Motorbike

Chernobyl Three's Lab Coats

Cherry Hill Murder Artifacts

The Chest of Chirizu-kakai-o

Chester Moore Hall's Achromatic Lens *

Chesty Puller's Bullet Shells

Chesty Puller's Five Navy Crosses

Chicago May's Lipstick

Chicago Wheel

Chief Tecumseh's Robes

Chimariko Tribe Shaman Drum

Chi Medallion

Chicago City Key Chain

Chinese Baoding Balls

Chinese Chopsticks

Chinese Doubling Pot

Chinese New Year Good Luck Knot

Chinese New Year Red Envelope

Chinese Orchid *

The Chinese Sandalwood

Ching Ling Foo’s Bowl

Ching Shih's Katana

Chiune Sugihara's Visa Stamp

Choe Bu's Diary

Choe Museon’s Hwacha

Chris Gardner's Parking Tickets

Chris Hadfield's Acoustic Guitar

Christchurch City Cathedral Spire

Christiaan Barnard's Scalpel

Christiaan Huygens' Pendulum

Christiaan Huygens' Prism

Christian Doppler's Tie

Christian Mortensen's Thread and Needle

Christina the Astonishing's Thurible

Christine Chubbuck's Pearl Necklace

Christine Skubish's Toy Blocks

Christmas Lights from the Rockefeller Tree

Christmas Pyramid

Christmas Truce Submarine Ornament *

Christopher Columbus' Brooch *

Christopher Lee's Bowtie

Christopher Lee's Copy of The Lord of the Rings

Christopher Müller’s Gold Tooth

Christopher Reeve's Superman Cape

Christopher Robin Milne's Sketchpad

Chōchin-obake

Choe Bu's Diary

Chōjun Miyagi's Gi Belt

Chowchilla Kidnapping School Bus

Chromatic Bermuda Kite

Chrysippus' Wine Bottle

Chuck Jones' Glasses

Chucky Doll

Chuck Yeager's Favourite Record *

Chuck Yeager's Flight Helmet

Chun-Kwai Seducing Vase *

Chung Ling Soo's Plate

Chunk of the Chelyabinsk Meteor

Church of St. Pancras' Altar Cross

Chyren's Rapier

Cinderella's Carriage

Cinderella's Glass Knife *

Cine-Kodak 8 Model 25 Camera

Cintamani Stone

Circe's Wand

Cirque du Soleil Leotard

Civil War Snare Drums

Clap-board from Thriller

Clara Barton's Gloves *

Clarence Birdseye's Food Freezer

Clarence Birdseye's Heat Pump

Clarence Saunders’ Turnstile

Clark Gable's Grooming Kit *

Clark Wiley's Cage

Claude Alexander Conlin’s Crystal Ball

Claude Alexander Conlin's Thought Control Turban *

Claude Louis Berthollet's Snuff Box

Claude Shannon's Chess Board

Claus von Stauffenberg’s Plastic Explosive

Claus von Stauffenberg's Suitcase

Clay Models From Corpse Bride

Clement Moore's Pen

Clementine's Ballcap

Cleopatra's Perfume Jar

Cleopatra's Preserved Asp *

Cleve Hall's Airbrush

Clever Hans’s Horseshoes

Clint Malarchuk's Blood-Stained Jersey

Clipped Wings of Pegasus

Clock Face and Hands from the Original Big Ben

Closet Door

Clothing Folding Laundry Hamper

Clyde Barrow's B.A.R. Machine Gun

Clyde W. Tombaugh's Photographic Plates

Coclé Cat

Coconut Husks from Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Coco Chanel's Handbag

Code of Hammurabi Tablet

Cold Feet Shoes

Cold War Air Raid Siren

Cole MacGrath's Amp

Cole MacGrath's Courier Jacket

Collection of Jimmy MacDonald's Sound Effect Devices

Colonel Sanders' Suit

Colossus Computer Vacuum Tubes

The Colt used by Clement Vallandigham

Columbia Space Shuttle

Combustable Figgy Pudding

The Comfy Chair

Complete Encyclopedia Brittanica, Circa 1966 *

Confucius' Flip-Flops *

Confucius' Lantern

Congo the Chimpanzee's Paint Brushes

Connor Kenway's Tomahawk

Conrad Haas’ Nozzle

Conrad Reed's Gold Nuggets

Consoling Valentine's Day Chocolates

Constance of Penafiel's Throne

Constantine the Great's Crucifix *

Constricting Yo-Yo

Conversation-Stopping Robot

Convincing Dreidels (canon)

Constantin Stanislavski's Eyeglasses

"Cookie Thieves Beware" Cookie Jar

Cookware from the Iron Chef Set

Copper Bowls of Life and Death *

Copper Roof Panel from the Plaza Hotel

Copy of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial from the Alamogordo Landfill

Coraline Jones' Doll

Corbels from the Church of St Mary and St David

The Cordwaining Shoebox

Cornelis Drebbel’s Micro-Telescope

Cornelis Drebbel's Oar

Corner of Moses Stone Tablet *

Corrupted Zalgo Computers

Corsican Brother's Vest *

Corn Popper

Corvo Attano's Gas Mask

Customer Service Cell Phone *

The Cottingley Fairies

Cotton Club Matchbox

Cotton Swab from the Phantom of Heilbronn

Count of St. Germain's Ring *

Cover of the Book of Kells

Covered Wagon

Craig Jackson's Watch

Craig Shergold’s Greeting Cards

Cranston's Police Blotter

Crazy Horse's Tomahawk

Creighton Abrams' Hat

Cretan Labyrinth Archway

Cristofori's Piano Keyboard

Cross Brace from the LZ 129 Hindenburg

Crown Devon Honey Pot Preserves Jar

Crown of Minos

Crown Prince Sado's Sandals

Crowns of Peter and Ines

Crying Heart Piano

Cryogenic Gas Heater

Crystal Skull

Crystalline Diamond Necklace *

Ctesibius' Water Clock

Cuchulainn's Post

The Cudgel in the Sack

Cuevas de los Cristales Selenite Sample

Cupid's Arrows

Currier & Ives Advent Calendar *

Curtis Ebbesmeyer’s Friendly Floatees Bath Toys

Cutthroat Kitchen's Hatchet

Currency Changing Wallet

Cy Young's Baseball

Cybermen Outfits

Cymbal-Banging Monkey

Cynebil of Porththorp's Jawbone and Skull

Cynthia Doll

Cyrill Demian's Accordion

Cyrus Teed's Orrery

Cyrus the Great's Achaemenian Tapestry

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travelonlinetips-blog · 6 years ago

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10 of the best things to do in sophisticated Berkeley

Forget tie-dye. It’s about food to die for.

Berkeley, once affectionately referred to as Bezerkeley, has grown up.

The city has balanced its counterculture roots with culture – and serious art and music abound.

Much of this sophistication, though, is being led by the culinary scene. Alice Waters’ game-changing Chez Panisse has now been around long enough to produce new generations of chefs moving on and starting their own acclaimed restaurants.

Food is the new tie-dye.

These 10 sites will show you another side of Berkeley. But don’t worry – the city hasn’t lost any of its quirkiness. After all, the considered-royalty Chez Panisse is still located in an area proudly known as the Gourmet Ghetto.

Chez Panisse

Chez Panisse is considered by many to be the birthplace of California cuisine — Photo courtesy of Visit Berkeley

Founded by food activist and chef extraordinaire Alice Waters in 1971, Chez Panisse is the cornerstone of Berkeley’s rich food scene and is often credited with pioneering the farm-to-table movement. More than 45 years later, their food continues to dazzle.

Located downstairs, the world-famous restaurant is open for dinner by reservation only. It offers a fixed menu that changes nightly, featuring three to four courses inspired by the finest sustainably-sourced, organic, peak-of-the-season ingredients.

If you head upstairs, the cafe at Chez Panisse offers a moderately priced a la carte menu which is inspired by the market and changes for lunch and dinner. It has an open kitchen with a charcoal grill and wood-burning oven, so you can watch your beautiful meal being prepared.

BAMPFA

BAMPFA is a stunning place to view art and films — Photo courtesy of BAMPFA

Settled into its architectural “wow” of a building downtown, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive is more of a cultural hub for the community than ever.

With state-of-the-art theaters and galleries, the museum’s exhibits, screenings, lectures and workshops are rich in creativity and diversity, welcoming acclaimed creators like filmmaker Frederick Wiseman and author Roxane Gay for special presentations and thought-provoking discussions.

Be sure to head upstairs to Babette, BAMPFA’s cafe, to continue the conversation over coffee, beer or wine and a homemade pastry.

Aurora Theatre Company

Aurora Theatre Company presents world-class productions in an intimate setting — Photo courtesy of Visit Berkeley

Aurora is a world-class regional company, presenting award-winning productions in an intimate 150-seat theater that allows all audience members to sit within 15 feet of the stage.

Aurora was created by local artists who wanted to produce plays “about important ideas, mediated by language and people.” Featuring plays like American Buffalo, Everything Is Illuminated and The Year of Magical Thinking, they have reached their goal. With impressive sets and top-notch performances, they have exceeded it.

Takara Sake Tasting Room and Museum

Enjoy a glass or a flight of sake at The Tasting Room at Takara Sake — Photo courtesy of Takara Sake USA Inc.

A leading producer of sake in Japan since the 19th century, Takara Shuzo Company established Takara Sake USA in Berkeley 35 years ago because of the excellent Sierra water and superior rice from the Sacramento Valley.

Today, the company’s US headquarters also houses the country’s only Sake Museum, where you can learn about the sake-making process and see tools used by real Toji (brewmasters).

Sake was once imbibed only during religious ceremonies but, luckily, that tradition has evolved and you can visit the beautiful Takara (which means “Treasure From the Rice Paddy”) Tasting Room any time for a glass or a flight of sake from their extensive collection.

La Cocina

Five alumni of La Cocina have opened food businesses in the UC Berkeley Student Union — Photo courtesy of Lois Alter Mark

This innovative San Francisco-based non-profit incubator for the food industry helps low-income entrepreneurs – primarily women from communities of color and immigrant communities – grow their businesses.

Five La Cocina alums recently opened stands in the UC Berkeley Student Union, which is open to the public and likely to become the hot place for lunch. You can find Syrian dishes at Old Damascus Fare, baked-from-scratch desserts at A Girl Named Pinky, Vietnamese noodles and soups at Noodle Girl, “soul food on a sandwich” at Pinky and Red’s, and Chilean empanadas at El Meson de Violeta.

Some La Cocina alumni have already garnered awards and made a name for themselves. Look for these women to follow suit.

ACCI Gallery

ACCI Gallery features the work of emerging and established artists and craftspeople — Photo courtesy of Visit Berkeley

In true Berkeley fashion, Arts & Crafts Cooperative, Inc. is a community of artists, artisans and art patrons and is completely member-based.

The oldest Arts & Crafts co-op west of the Mississippi, it was founded in the mid-1950s and is still providing a showcase for more than 100 emerging and established artists to display and sell their work. Visiting ACCI, which is located in a cozy brick building, is like spending time in a top museum – only better because you can bring the art home.

The Butcher’s Son

You’ll find it hard to believe that everything at The Butcher’s Son is vegan — Photo courtesy of Visit Berkeley

This popular deli is unique because, well, it doesn’t serve any meat. Everything made in this butcher shop is vegan, although the taste is so authentic, you may find yourself asking for confirmation.

Rest assured, everything is plant-based, from the smoked maple “turkey” grinder to the “chicken” parm. The #ThisIsMyAddiction breakfast sandwich – “bacon,” scrambled “egg,” grilled “mozzarella” and avocado on a toasted garlic buttered Ciabatta with a side of pickled jalapeno – is so aptly-named, it’s no wonder regulars are happy to wait in the long line to get one.

University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley

The University of California Botanical Garden at Berkeley features more than 10,000 types of plants — Photo courtesy of Visit Berkeley

Located on the University campus, the 34-acre Botanical Garden is one of the most diverse landscapes in the world.

Featuring more than 10,000 types of plants, including many rare and endangered species, the Garden’s nine regions are organized geographically, covering natural plantings from Italy to South Africa. It’s also home to the world’s largest collection of native California flora.

Whether you decide to take a yoga class, immerse yourself in a forest bathing workshop or just spend a few hours taking in the natural beauty, the garden is a relaxing way to reconnect with nature – and yourself.

ZINO

ZINO’s menu is inspired by the cuisine of 22 Mediterranean countries — Photo courtesy of Visit Berkeley

Located inside Berkeley’s historic Hotel Shattuck Plaza, this vibrant restaurant is a spicy celebration of Mediterranean cuisine. Helmed by Executive Chef Brandon Hicks, ZINO offers a rotating menu of flavorful dishes inspired by 22 Mediterranean countries, with the emphasis on sharing.

Start out with warm pita accompanied by a selection of dips, including muhammara with roasted peppers, walnuts and pomegranate, then move on to hot and cold mezze platters like grilled octopus with Spanish chorizo and potatoes. The food is fresh, plentiful and 22 kinds of delicious.

Maker’s Row

Shop directly from local designers at Maker’s Row — Photo courtesy of Fourth Street Maker’s Row

An upscale shopping mecca, Fourth Street is filled with top brand name stores.

Every Friday through Sunday, though, the area’s indie roots pop out as local designers and artisans emerge to showcase their work on Maker’s Row. Housed under an iron trellis, the market features eight individual retail kiosks, where makers can customize their own mini-storefronts.

Selling everything from jewelry to art and apparel, this is a great place to pick up a one-of-a-kind piece and meet the person who actually created it before they become one of the big names themselves.

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New Age Or Craze

Authentic, or is it?

Everywhere I turn I find people selling misleading “authentic” Native American items. There are books on Native American spirituality, dream catchers, turquoise jewelry, medicine bags, and even opportunities for “sweat lodge” experiences. Ironically, Native American spirituality is not written and “sweat lodge” encounters are not sold. Janet McCloud, from the Tulalip tribe, exclaims “First they came to take our land and water, then our fish and game…Now they want our religions as well…Indians don’t sell their spirituality to anybody, for any price”. (a)(b)

What I find interesting is that for the majority of the last century and a half, we white Euro-Americans have gone to extreme lengths to destroy everything pertaining to the Native American’s life, education, family structure, survival methods, and religion, sometimes with intent and sometimes not knowing. White men nearly destroyed the buffalo simply because they could make money on certain parts such as the hides. We forced the Natives onto reservations, only to take away more land from these reservations later. We took their children and sent them to boarding schools, cut their hair, forced them to wear white men’s clothes and forbid them to speak in their native language. We limited their hunting practices and forced them to farm, with some tribes having never before farmed. Why, now that we almost succeeded in destroying these honest, respectful, indigenous peoples’ livelihoods, do we desire to adopt and steal the one constant element of their connection with what they truly are?

Ownership of the melting pot

Every person who is not of Native American blood has come to the United States from ancestors who arrived on ships. Yes, America is the melting pot of the world. So many different traditions and cultures have come to America for a better way of life. As this has happened, countless families have become mixed cultures. With time and each new generation, portions of culture and tradition have been lost, leaving countless individuals with no sense of where they come from.

Many of us came here with the belief that “what is mine is mine and what is yours is mine.” Many times, squatters, those arriving at and claiming a certain piece of land as theirs, determined that a plot of land was theirs, regardless of whether it was Native land or not. The gold rush in the Dakotas played a big part in limiting the area’s reservations. This also happened in California and in Alaska.

The Natives utilized every part of what they used from Mother Earth for survival with gratitude. When they attained their kill of game, there was a gratitude “prayer” given to each animal for giving its life for their sustenance. They used each part of the large game animal using meat, organs, tendons for sewing, and yes, even the brain for tanning the hides. They even fought their wars with respect. Some nations found it more honorable to touch the live enemy than to kill him.

The role of media

When I was a small child, I was intrigued with John Wayne movies. I noticed a pattern of the Native always being portrayed as a “savage” and it made me sad. I felt in my heart that these portrayals were inaccurate. Having always been interested in the Natives, I have done a lot of reading and research throughout the years. The main time the Indian is “savage”, so to speak, is during war. I don’t know a country, culture or gathering of people who are not “savage” during war. The Native is a family person with humble pride, honesty, and respect. For many centuries they not only sustained life, but prospered as well. Most Native principles are based on “respect” (b).

I have noticed in the portrayal of the ‘red man’ that he would do anything for “fire water”. The inaccurate yet common belief in this country over the last few decades is that all Indians are drunks. That is simply not true. Knowing quite a bit about the disease of alcoholism, I fully understand that there are some bloodlines whose genes have the propensity for an actual “manifestation of an allergy” to alcohol (c). No one color of man is immune to this disease. If a man or woman, of any color or race, had gone through complete displacement and mistreatment such as the Native had, having a propensity very well could bring that disease to an advance stage. I ask, who introduced the Native Americans to alcohol? Who brought the “fire water” to the bartering table to get the Indian drunk so that he could get a better trade? The white man did, just as we brought the smallpox virus to a people who had no immunity, nearly wiping out many tribes. Alcoholism, being a family affective disease, I believe with time will find more and more Native “drunks” who attain recovery.

New age disrespect

Before mentioned are just a few of the destroying factors that the white man brought into the once serene lives of the Native American. Now I wonder what is this “craze” of many people, New Age Spiritualists and many more, of borrowing and twisting the elements of Native American culture to their own best needs? Have so many people become so unhappy within themselves that they must steal another's lifeline? Is it really necessary to pick and choose which elements they wish to ‘borrow’, restructure those elements, add in a few other pieces and call it “Authentic Native American Spirituality”? This dishonors the respect that they claim to have for the Natives. Stealing one’s cultural identity is the epitome of “Disrespect”. (b)

A portion of a very pertinent quote by Terri Jean, author of the article entitled “Cultural Theft”, “So many are misguided…to become part of something they only know through books and movies—material stolen from Native people and then warped to meet an outsiders needs…” (b) Jean an author, activist, columnist, and freelance writer states that cultural property is specifically the “values, language, music, literature, healing practices, traditions, spiritual belief system, agriculture, art, names, holidays, folklore, and ceremonies” of a group of people (b).

Here are some tips to prevent receiving imitation items such as non-Native made dream catchers, medicine bags, and “New Age crap”.

Do not give yourself a Native American name and if there are Native blood ties, fill in your family tree.

Never participate in a ceremony or ritual that is not directed by a reputable person and especially don’t pay for such.

Peace Pipes are never sold and they are never made out of plastic.

Medicine Bags are sacred objects to be worn only by people qualified to wear them.

Hamilton plates and figurines and Indian blankets made in Korea are considered to be insulting. Buy genuine products and support genuine Native American people and businesses. (a)(b)

My unsubstantiated theory in part

The extreme upswing in the “craze” is very possibly due to the intense unhappiness that Americans have within themselves. So many people have the attitude that “when I get this, I’ll be happy”. Then when they attain that component that they so desired last week, they are once again unhappy and the cycle starts over and over. This restlessness tends to leave a hole in their soul. As we white folks get to learn and hear about the positive side of the Native, we think we can just take their culture to fill our holes. It doesn’t matter how many things we do to try and become Native, we can not. It’s impossible.

Native American spirituality is a way of life. Many aspects of it are passed from generation to generation not through books or “study”, but through daily living and story telling, another important aspect of their culture. “Native people have shared everything and have only their culture to hang on to.” (b)

Oft times I have wondered if many people are confused with who they are and where they come from. For those searching for something to fill that “hole”, rather than beg, borrow or steal from a culture that is not a part of you, may I suggest searching the possibility of finding comfort in doing your own bloodline, family tree or genealogy? I have found many stories of my ancestors in doing my genealogy. It is comforting to my soul to find out where each ancestor came from, learn of their struggles and strengths in their autobiographies, and discover the details of their culture and spirituality. I have since gathered several traditions and such simple things as recipes from my ancestors. And I didn’t even have to steal them. Maybe you’ll find your own traditions and culture to either celebrate or solicit.

Jacobs, Trisha. “Cultural Theft.” Gohiyuhi 27 July 2005, http://users.pandora.be/gohiyuhi/

Jean, Terri. “Cultural Theft, When Claiming One’s Cultural Identity Turns Into Thievery.” Awakened Woman 19 Aug 2001. 25 July 2005 http://www.awakenedwoman.com/cultural_theft.htm

Alcoholics Anonymous. Alcoholics Anonymous, Third Edition, xxvi New York City 1976

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#spirituality #nativeamerican #culture

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Kolhapuri Chappals :Handcrafted Comfort To Feet

Red, pink, blue or black, it’s always difficult to decide when it comes to making a decision for which footwear to go with. There are many brands, many styles and many stylish looks that captures our heart and make us take it home, and especially when talking about this stylish generation everyone loves to wear the trends.

But in spite of all these modernisation effects, kolhapuri chappals has not lost its dignity yet. Let’s go a few years back when there were no heels and shoes to wear, people only wore chappals, and one of them was the handcrafted kolhapuri chappals made up of leather.

HISTORY: Worn in 13th century during festivals as well as day to day purpose. These were originated from Kolhapur, a southern district in the state of Maharashtra. These beautiful pairs mainly came in two colours brown and black. But as time has turned fashionable these slippers are made more beautiful and funkier, loved by youths to wear. Shoe designers had made it possible in distinct colors and fusion of many latest designs . also now it comes lovely zari work, tassles, colourful pom poms, gota attached to it making it more desirable.

PROCESS: Generally, these Kolhapur chappals are made by families in the Kolhapur district. one typical chappal with a lot of detailing might take a total of 6 weeks to produce. The production process of these beautiful slip-ons is shared below.

a) First with the help of basic template a structure is cut from a piece of leather which act as a frame for rest of the designs to be done.

b) In next step, the basic structure is dipped in water and left. This cut piece is then dipped in the natural dyes and colors.

c) After this, the “patta” is stitched that is the upper cover with the sole, stitched with leather chords.

d) Now after weaving, the time comes for beautiful decoration which is done in several ways to make it more appealing.

KOLHAPURI FACTS:

a) They are Originally made from buffalo-hide and thread.

b) They weighed as much as 2.01 kilos because of the thickness of the sole which made them durable despite the extreme heat.

c) The businesses of Kolhapuri Chappals are seen by most as an obsolete trend.

d) They are open toed in design with a T-Strap.

e) These slippers are dipped in diesel to make them more darker and richer appeal.

f) In spite of leather, these chappals are waterproof.

g) Totally stitched not any of iron nail is used in this process.

h) Not only in India but there are fans abroad also, It is believed that Madonna also owns a pair of Kolhapuri chappals, which she absolutely loves.

Trending kolhapuri: Since 13th century kolhapuri chappals holds a special demand for sake of its comfort and durability it gives. Till date, these slip-ons have been evolved and modified to give it funkier look. Today if you put on kolhapuri chappal along with khadi kurta with cloth jhola and a tattered pair of jeans. Reading glasses and frizzy hair, this combination wins hearts, makes an irresistible impression. Not only this if we talk about celebs they also cannot resist themselves to the comfort and beauties of these slip-ons.

For foreigners, who visit India, kohlapuri chappals are always on top of the list of ‘thing to buy’. Their stylish, ethnic, and comfortable quality have made them popular amongst several people in India and in western countries such as America, U.K, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and in other Asian countries as well like Pakistan and China.

So what are you waiting for grab one cool pair of kolhapuri chappals and go on with jeans, or they also team up with ethnic garments , plus they can also go with boho, just choose one suitable pair and Be stylish, Be trending!!

#Kolhapuri Chappals #Kolhapuri Chappals :Handcrafted Comfort To Feet

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Why People With A Treatable Flesh-Eating Disease Don't Want The Cure

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This article is part of HuffPost’s Project Zero campaign, a yearlong series on neglected tropical diseases and efforts to fight them.

UTUT FOREST, Kenya ― Amos Kiptui is no stranger to hardship. He was born in a cave 27 years ago and still lives in one, despite run-ins with wild buffalo, deadly snakes, leopards and lions.

So when thick, itchy welts began to appear on Kiptui’s right cheek, he took a sharp rock and scraped off layers of his skin, then packed the bleeding wound with traditional medicine made from bitter leaves.

“You put the leaves on a piece of iron and make a fire,” he said, demonstrating with a small, battered metal sheet.

“You leave it to dry and crush it to powder,” he added. “Then you rub your wound with a stone until the blood starts oozing out and apply the powder.”

In the Utut Forest in Kenya’s Nakuru County, this treatment is believed to help heal a condition that people living here call “shetani,” meaning curse or devil.

As the disease gained ground on Kiptui’s face, he kept hacking away clumps of flesh and rubbing in the balm, hoping to exorcise the demon he believed to be behind the itchy sores.

Kiptui was actually the victim of a rare flesh-eating disease called cutaneous leishmaniasis, which is spread by blood-sucking sandflies living in rocky areas and caves. Without medical treatment, the injected parasites can keep growing and gnawing their way through the skin, causing insatiable itching, disfigurement and, often the greatest pain of all, social exclusion.

But for Kiptui and some 300 other people living in caves ― for lack of a better alternative ― in the heart of Kenya’s Rift Valley, even basic health care is hard to find.

Nestled in between huge swathes of private land reserved for wildlife and farming, these cave dwellers carve out a meager living by burning trees to make charcoal. It’s an hour’s trek to the nearest village ― through land teeming with dangerous predators. It’s hours more over rocky mountain passes to the nearest hospital in the small town of Gilgil.

“We live in terrible conditions here,” said Kiptui, standing outside an almost bare cave that he can only sit or lie in. “We don’t have water, and food is hard to come by.”

A localized outbreak of cutaneous leishmaniasis has spread here in recent years, though the disease is not commonly found in Kenya. Around the world, about a million new cases are reported annually, especially among people living in poor conditions whose immunity has been worn down by hunger and hardship.

For most people with cutaneous leishmaniasis, the only available treatment involves weeks of excruciating injections straight into the affected area, often on the face and always into the dermal layer where nerve endings cluster. The treatment is said to be 90 percent effective, but many patients do not stay the course.

“Some patients have been absconding especially due to the pain, whereas others abscond due to distance,” said David Kamau, the local disease surveillance coordinator for the Kenyan government.

Kiptui was thrilled to find out that his condition was medically curable, and that the treatment was free, after volunteer health worker Joseph Kariuki spotted him and his lesions on one of his regular treks through the bushland to visit this cave community.

“My major work is to create awareness of leishmaniasis,” said Kariuki, who works with the local government health ministry. “I stop people thinking it’s a form of HIV/AIDS, or some kind of demon.”

But the pain Kiptui endured at the clinic was more than he could bear.

“I was injected the very first time and it was so painful, I literally ran away. I abandoned the treatment,” he said.

Kiptui went back to slicing away at his face with a sharp rock and filling the wound with hot ash.

Other people with the disease have used knives or machetes heated in a fire to sear off the lesions, and packed the wound with traditional cures that are ineffective and sometimes harmful.

“Some of the herbs they are using are highly poisonous,” said Kamau.

“They are seriously toxic and have even been causing complications” that make the disease harder to cure, he added.

Kamau’s team has recorded over 400 cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in this rural corner of Kenya, but only half have sought the notoriously painful treatment.

Children shy away from the injections, but “men especially have been absconding after a few injections because of the pain,” said Kamau.

The kids are less able to hide because a team of health workers holds weekly mobile clinics, including one at a school near the caves.

It’s traumatic enough watching children receiving injections straight into the nose or eye socket, as tears roll down their cheeks while health workers hold them still.

Headteacher Job Nganga, whose office sits opposite the room used for treatment, finds the piercing screams and sobbing haunting.

“If I’m a grownup and I’m not able to hold myself when an injection is being put into my own body, how about that small kid? I feel so bad,” he said.

Nganga sees children afflicted with the disease becoming so preoccupied with the belief that they are cursed that they fall behind in class.

“Mostly, we Africans, when we find that there’s something that’s disturbing us that has no solution, we rush into saying that it’s witchcraft,” he said.

In poor countries, health systems are overburdened and under-resourced. To help government health workers like Kamau and Kariuki fight cutaneous leishmaniasis, which persists in the most deprived pockets of Kenya and other developing countries, international charities like the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, or DNDi, are working to improving testing and treatment.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis is so neglected that the medicines administered were formulated for a disease called visceral leishmaniasis, or kala azar, which is also transmitted by sandflies but is very different and much deadlier.

“We have tried to reduce the pain by adding lidocaine, and by applying ice to the area before the things,” Kamau said. “But there is much more still to be done so that patients stick with the treatment.”

Florence Wambui, 15, endured 57 injections to her face over two months, because she wanted to get rid of the facial sores she found so ugly.

What started as a pimple got worse, despite the application of traditional herbs, until “the wounds were full of worms,” she said.

“I thank God that the wounds are healed,” Wambui said. I thought they would never go.”

The teenager now drags her terrified 8-year-old cousin out of class for treatment, and watches anxiously as he screams in pain.

Although the mobile clinics have solved some of the access issues for this disease, they are not bringing all of its sufferers out of the shadows.

“There are still people hiding in their homes because of the injections,” said Nganga, describing parents at the school whose lips have “peeled off” due to cutaneous leishmaniasis.

“It not something you want to see,” he said. “One of their ears was almost destroyed.”

The county government has sprayed insecticide in some homes in affected areas to kill the sandflies. But the people living in caves or herding their livestock and farming around them have no respite from the swarms of sandflies.

The real hope for stopping the disease lies in finding a better cure ― ideally in the form of a topical cream or an affordable oral pill ― that sufferers in remote areas could take away and stick to. In the meantime, further reducing the number of injections needed, and the pain associated with them, would stop people like Kiptui from abandoning treatment.

“I still haven’t managed to heal the wound,” he said, toying with the sharp rocks he uses to gouge at his face.

“If I get another option, I’ll be happy,” he added, looking up, then swiftly turning his face away to hide his scarred cheek.

DNDi is a recipient of grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which also funds HuffPost’s Project Zero series. All content in this series is editorially independent, with no influence or input from the foundation.

If you’d like to contribute a post to the series, send an email to [email protected]. And follow the conversation on social media by using the hashtag #ProjectZero.