ETHNOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION FROM KILIMA-NJARO. 401 



War-bonnet (Tuiiki). Of monkey .skin, with long- skiit. The biud- 

 iugs and strai> which holds it in place on the head are beaded. 

 Wa Chaga tribe ; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 1.51541 



War-bonnet (Toriki). Of Griiereza monkey skin {Colobus caudatm). 

 Worn as a hood by Wa Chaga warriors in imitation of the Masai. 

 Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151.542 



Comb. Coarse wooden comb, Avorn in the hairj also nsed for scratching 

 the head. 



Length, 4^ iuclies. Width, If inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151792 



Comb. Neatly made comb of hard wood. The top in form of an open 

 ring, serrated on the outer edge. 



Length, 3f inclies. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151800 



Comb. Of wood, colored with red ocher. Top large and rectangular, 

 with opening cut in shape of an honrglass. 



Length, 4^ inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151822 



Hair Ornaments. Of cow's bone, in shape of an arrow-head; with 

 blue beads around the edges. Worn on the top of the head or on 

 the brow. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151570 



Ear-plug. Circular plug of hard wood blackened with age and grease. 

 Grooved on the edge. Hole through center from which radiate four 

 pairs of lines. Worn by men. 



Wa Chaga tribe. Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151.569 



Ear-plug. Plug of soft wood, resembling the bung for a barrel. Worn 

 by men in the lobe of the ear and in some instances the strain is so 

 great as to break the skin. 



Diameter, If inches; 2^ inches and 2 inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151238 



Ear ORNAMENT. Small pin of wood, wrapped at intervals with hair. 

 At the end is a carved head. It is worn in a hole through the 

 upper i)art of the ear, by males only. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 15123() 



Ear-stretcher. Conical plug of wood, used to distend the hole in 

 the lobe of the ear. 



Length, 25 inches; depth, IJ inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kiliraa-Njaro, East Africa. 151237 



Ear stretchers. Rings of blackened wood, fixed in the lobe of the 

 ear. 



Diameter, 3| inches and 4J inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe ; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151789 



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