before entry was permitted into the circle of low , thatched huts , which comprised the main village complex , each visitor had to solemnly hand over a five dollar bill - the amount clearly indicated on the printed board of tariffs - to an elderly pygmy man , who collected the notes eagerly before tucking the booty into a conspicuously western-style bum-bag which he had concealed beneath a more traditional-looking hide loin cloth - the only item of clothing that he was wearing .