RACIAL GROUPS HOUGH. 645 



FAMILY GROUP OF THE ZULU- KAFFIR. 



South Africa. 



The Zulu-Kaffir and related Bantu tribes are physically strong 

 and energetic and not so dark as the true negro. The Zulus are tall, 

 dark brown, with woolly hair of elliptical section and have long skulls. 

 In respect to military and social organization they are superior, and 

 in arts and industries compare favorably with other Africans. They 

 are unclothed except the apron or isenene, and their weapons are 

 the spear, shield, and club. They depend upon maize and wild fruit 

 principally for their vegetal food supply and on cattle, goats, chickens, 

 and wild game for their animal food. The group shows a section of 

 a house with doorway ; a fireplace on which a woman is cooking mush ; 

 a woman dipping beer from a. large pottery jar; a woman from the 

 field with hoe; a water earner poising her jar on her head; a man 

 playing the marimba or xylophone ; and a boy bearing ostrich eggs. 

 The group represents these people as they existed some years ago, 

 before they were affected by contact with white men. (See pi. 61.) 



ZULU CHIEF. 



The chiefs of the Zulus were selected for their mental and physical 

 qualifications. They are therefore usually fine specimens of men 

 among a people whose physical development has often been remarked 

 by travelers. Among the prominent men the hair is made into a roll, 

 cemented with gum and kept highly polished. The apron is of ox- 

 tails, and a large fur cape called " kaross " is sometimes worn over the 

 shoulders. (See pi. 62.) 



BERBER MAN. 



The Berbers belong to the Hamitic stock of the white race scattered 

 throughout North Africa. They are tall, well proportioned, and more 

 muscular than the Arab. They have bronzed skin, brown eyes, and 

 black, straight hair. 



This ancient stock once occupied southern Europe, the Spanish 

 Peninsula, the Canary Islands, and the islands of the Mediterranean. 

 They are characterized by a strong feeling of equality, benevolence, 

 dignity, and individual freedom; and on the other hand, a want of 

 activity, of economy, love of work, and fondness for home. 



The costume, which is scarcely distinctive of the Berber, consists 

 of a flowing outer garment of cotton, long inner garment of fine 

 muslin, cotton trousers, yellow leather slippers, and a fez. The long 

 gun is of native manufacture. (See pi. 63.) 



GHADAMES GIRL (HAMITIC FAMILY) . 



Life-size figure of a girl 12 years of age, made in colored terra cotta, 

 by Pagano, a Sicilian sculptor living in Rome. Ghadames, or Rha- 



