404 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



Apron. Cotton cloth, beaded and decorated; worn by females in front, 

 siKspended from a girdle. 



Length, 7J iuches; width, 4| inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151240 



Apron. Cotton cloth, beaded aronnd edge and decorated with loops 

 and fringe of iron chains. Worn by females in front, suspended 

 from a girdle. 



Length, 7| inches; width, 3^ inchef. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151241 



Apron (Kiwisi). Made of a goat's skin by cutting a lozenge-shaped 

 piece and folding it in the middle, with hair side in. The outside is 

 rubbed with red ocher. Worn on the back of the hips. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151547 



Apron (Kiwisi). Of goatskin decorated with beads and iron chains. 

 Worn behind by young males. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151548 



Apron (Kiwisi). Made of a double-triangular piece of goatskin with 

 hair on inside. Decorated with beads and iron chains. Worn be- 

 hind. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151549 



Apron. Of leather, decorated with an edge of blue beads and finished 

 off at a point with a cowrie shell. Worn behind. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151550 



Small Apron, "Fig leaf." Coarse cloth beaded along the edges and 

 fringed in front with iron chains. This with one or two other beaded 

 girdles forms the sole attire of a young girl. 



Length, 10 inches; width, 2^ inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151784 



Apron. Made of a kite-shaped piece of cowskin with hair on, folded 

 once. Worn behind the hips. 



Length, 15 inches; width, 10| inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Afi'ica. 151198 



Apron. Of goatskin, beaded and decorated with small iron chains 

 on the flesh side. Made by folding a kite-shaped piece of skin in 

 the middle. Worn behind the hips. 



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



Apron. IS^arrow stri]) of cloth Ix'aded on the sides and fringed at the 

 ends with strings of beads. Worn by young girls. 

 Width, 2 inches; length, 9 inches, including fringe. 

 Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151574 



Cloak Made of dressed goatskins, heavily beaded around edge. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kiliuia-Njaro, East Africa. 151591 



