280 SAVAGE WEAPONS AT THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION. 



is found in Australia (sec infra, Fig. 134). The Niam-niams use a spin- 

 dle-shaped wooden implement 4 inches broad in the middle and tapering 

 to a point at each end. It is carried in the left hand, a handle being 

 scooped out of the center, and is used in parrying lances and spears by 

 means of a dexterous twist. 



The wooden shield of Uganda is shown in Fig. 124. The wood is 

 soft, ornamented with ratan and bound with leather. It is 2 feet 10 

 inches long, 2 feet wide, and half an inch thick. The wood projects in 

 the center to form a boss; the handle is of ratan. A basket-work shield 

 from Uganda, also from the Long Bey collection, is shown in Fig. 125. 

 It is made of cane strips sewed together 

 with ratan over ribs of split wood. It is 3 

 feet 8 inches long by L5 inches wide. The 

 edge is bound with raw-hide, and in the cen- 

 ter is a block 18 by Cinches with a handle 

 cut in it. It is tied to the shield with ratan, 



Fig. 125. — Basket-work shield, Uganda, 

 Vu:. 124.— Wooden shield, Central Africa. J - fl " 



and serves to st ren- then the shield as well as afford a hold for the hand. 



The shield of the Xiant-niauis '"' is plaited from the Spanish reed, and 

 is of a Ion-' oval form covering two-thirds of the body. It is plaited in 

 prettj patterns of black and white in crosses and is lined with leopard 

 skin, [nside of the shield the native carries the trumbash, a peculiar 

 missile weapon with blades and three projecting points. See supra. 



The Monbuttoos who inhabit the territory south of the Niam-niams 

 of the extreme Upper Nile waters have a wooden shield of rectangular 

 Si Ii\n< -iufiii-ili'-, "Africa," vol. i. p. 441; vol. ii, pp. 9-11. 



