SAVAGE WEAPONS AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 245 



sangUuk, has an eye for the helve in the manner next in order to be con- 

 sidered. 



The Javan battle-axe (kudi tranchang), formerly a principal weapon of 

 Java, 83 is not now much used, and is suprisingly like a freakish weapon 

 used by the natives of Central Africa. 



The Japanese axe is a compromise, its bent tang being held by a ring 

 which slips on the handle. 84 

 Africa furnishes us with the greatest variety of the axes which per- 

 forate the han- 

 dle. Begin- 

 ning at the 

 south, we find 



Fig. 56. — Japanese 

 axe. 



the Kafirs 85 in 

 possession of 

 an axe, but 

 their principal 



wpinnn is the Fig. 57. — Bechuana axes, South Africa. 



assegai, a javelin made by their native blacksmiths. With the Jceerie or 

 short club, shield, and assegais, a Zulu considers himself well furnished. 



The Bechuana axe, Fig. 57, is a steel bit simply fastened by a tang in 

 the enlarged wooden head. The term Bechuana may be used generally 

 to include a number of tribes, embracing the Makololo, 86 who are among 

 the most accomplished workers in metal on the continent. 



The smaller axes in Fig. 57 are other patterns, made by the Bechuanas; 

 and Fig. 58 is 



SIS 



a still more 

 fanciful one, 

 shown in the 

 Portuguese 

 Colonies De- 



, j. Fig. 58. — Battle-axe, Angola, Africa. 



partment of y 



the Agricultural Building. The head is of steel and the handle is in part 

 wrapped with fine wire. The blade is peculiar in form and ornamenta- 

 tion, and has what we 



should consider a rather 

 insecure attachment to 

 the helve. Fig. 59 is 

 another axe of Angola, 

 shown in the same col- 

 lection ; it has a curious 

 curved blade and a long 

 fig. so.— Axe of Angola. tang inserted in the 



usual African method into the wooden handle. 



The elephant axe of the Banyai, 87 of the Zambesi, was also snown in 



88 Raffles "Java," 4to, i, PI. opp. p. 290, Fig. 7. 



w Siebold's "Nippon," vi, PI. G; also ii, PI. 5 Ms., Figs. 14, 9, 15, 16, 13; also ii, PI. 11, 13. 



85 Casalis' " Basutos," 132. «« Baines' " South Africa, - ' 467. 87 Wood i, p. 404. 



