ETHNOGRAl'lllCAL COLLECTION FROM KILLMA-NJARQ. 417 



AGRICULTURAL AND INDUSTRIAL IMPLEMENTS. 



Ax (Soka). Usual form of a wedge-shaped blade, iuserted iu the bulb- 

 ous extremity of the haudle. 



Leugth, 17^ inclies. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151807 



Ax (Soka). Heavy handle of hard wood. Iu the knob at the eud of the 

 haudle is set a chisel like blade of irou. With this tool all timbering 

 is doue. 



Handle, 20 inclies long; blade, 7 inches long. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro. East Africa. 151765 



Awls. Name of larger, kiwili; of smaller, sumio. Irou awls, set iu 

 wooden handles. Larger awl used for making shields, snuiller one 

 for sewing skin and cloth. 



Length, 13 inches, 7^ inches, and 6 inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151777 



Wooden Mallet (Ku'ooli). Fork of a tree, one limb truncated, the 

 other forming a haudle. Used to hammer leather for shields. 



Length, 9f inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151774 



Fire-sticks. With channeled fire-socket. Hearth, small, rounded 

 piece of worm-eaten wood with Tawhide loop iu one end to prevent 

 loss. Drill, a branch of a tree trimmed down. [Fig. 'll.\ 



Drill, 19J inches; hearth, 4 inches long. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151823 



FiKE Sticks. 

 Chaga of Mount Kilima-Njaro, Kast Africa. 



(C;it. No l.')1823, U. S. N. M. Gift of Or. VV. I,. Abbott.) 



SM 91 , PT 2 27 



