ETHNOGRAPHICAL OBJECTS. 443 
MELA. 
Basket. Bowl-shaped, with thong for carrying. Coiled, and 
made of grass twisted over central core. Has strap for carrying. 
Height, 7 inches; diameter at top, 9 inches. 18904 
Girdle. String of seeds of Abrus precatorius, on cord of double 
twisted fibre. -Length, 22 feet, 2 inches. 19006 
Ornament. Crocodile’s tooth, perforated through root. Length 
about 2 inches. 19028 
Head Band. Strip of hide from head of goat, with horns. 
19008 
Snuff Box. Tip of ivory tusk, with leather caps at top and bot- 
tom through which pass two platted leather cords for suspension. 
The latter are united to form a loop at top, and have pendent ends 
encased in bird bones. Attached to the thong is a small heart- 
shaped skin pouch containing dried tobacco leaves, — from which the 
and fragments 
snuff is prepared by grinding in a wooden mortar, 
of nitrate of soda obtained in the crater of the volcano of Megada, 
which is added to give a pungent taste. There is also a small 
pendent iron blade, used for removing callous skin. Length box, 
21; total length, 20 inches. 19007 
Wristlet. Open ring, made of strips of compressed raw-hide, 
strung with rings of transverse sections of crocodile teeth. Diam- 
eter about 3 inches. 19029 
RENDILE. 
Knob Stick. Finely finished hard wood. Knob ovate, with two 
encircling ridges at base. Length, 30 inches. 18882 
Spear. Finely made.  Leaf-shaped iron blade, with median 
ridge and long tapering socket. Shaft of light-colored wood. 
Spud long and tapering to point, corresponding with socket of 
blade. Length, 82 inches; blade, 8 inches; socket, 19} inches ; 
and spud, 19} inches. 18883 
