ETHNOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION FROM KILIMA-NJARO. 409 



ARCHITECTURAL OBJECTS AND FURNITURE. 



Native Hut (Nuinba). Model inucli too siiiall, and door i)ioportion- 

 ately too liigli. (See figs. 6, 7, and 8.) 

 Wa Cliaga tribe; Moslii District, Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151818 



Native Hut. Model made by Cliaga boy. Usual dimensions 10 to 

 11 feet high and 12 to 15 feet diameter. 

 Height, 4 inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Moshi district, Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. I.'il804 

 WiCKER-DOOR (Molie). Model. The door in native huts slides be- 

 tween two upright sticks and the door jand). 

 Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151797 



Wooden Stool with four legs. Cut out of a log of wood, and smeared 

 with red ocher. 



Height, 8} inches; depth, 7i inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151816 



Wooden Stool with three legs. Painted w ith red ocher. 



Height, 7 inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mo.shi district, Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151762 



Mat. Made of skin. Placed on the ground for sleeping during a 

 journey. Other tribes carry mats of bulrushes. Bought of Masai 

 war party, probably from N'jiri, met with on the Tsavo River. 



Width, 18 inches. 



Masai tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151201 



Food-hook (Kiwili). Natural forked branch, peeled. Hung in huts 

 for the suspension of articles to protect them against vermin. 



Length, 14 J inches. 



AVa Chaga tribe: Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151793 



Granary (Kikombi). Model of a conical thatched hut woven of rods. 

 Entrance under the eaves. The usual size is about 8 feet high, 

 4J feet in diameter. Model made by a Wa Chaga boy. These 

 huts are set up on four stones. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151794 



Granary (Kikombi). Model, ditfering from the other granary by being 

 placed on supports. 

 Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East ifrica. 151796 



