BAGNUN, a mild-mannered, long-headed, Senegalese peo ple who file their incisor teeth, occupying the territory between the Lower Kasamansa and Lower Cacheu rivers. The men shave their heads and the women net their hair. They have independent villages inhabited by the extended family group. The hereditary chieftainship descends in the paternal line from its founder. The insignia of authority consists of a red cap. Divorce is frequent. Payment of blood-money is enforced for manslaughter and ordeal by vegetable poison is common. They are good husbandmen. The body of the deceased is exposed for three days before burial. The religion is animistic.