women traditionally carry their babies on their backs with a strip of clothing binding the two with a knot at her chest, a practice used by many ethnic groups across africa. this method has been modernized in the form of the child carrier. maidens usually wore a short wrapper with beads around their waist and other ornaments such as necklaces and beads. both men and women wore wrappers. men would wear loin cloths that wrapped round their waist and between their legs to be fastened at their back, the type of clothing appropriate for the intense heat as well as jobs such as farming.