ETHNOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION FROM KILIMA-NJARO. 



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coast caravans. If aMoslii woman is taken in adultery with a SuaLeli, 

 she is sokl into slavery by order of Mandara, but the law seems rarely 

 enforced at the present time. 



The dress of both sexes formerly consisted of a cloak of dressed goat 

 or calfskins, resembling chamois (wash) leather, like those of the Mas- 



rig. 4. 



ToitiKi OK War Cap. 



Wa Chagii of Mt. Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 



(Oat. No. l.'iiaOO. IT. S. N. M. Gift ol Dr. \V. I. Abbott. ) 



sai. At the present time cloth (white sheeting) is generally used. Bau- 

 dere (aniline red cloth) is held in high esteem, and so are bright colored 

 calicoes. Cloaks of Hyrax skins, called bilelis, are much used by the 

 men; they are very sott and warm. Boys and young men wear tails or 

 triangular pieces of goat skin about 10 inches long hanging over the 

 buttocks. The little girls wear but little besides a bead girdle and a 



