418 KEIH)KT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



Fire STICKS, Hearth, semilunar; drill with pole cut out of the head 

 for au attaching string, which is fastened to the hearth. 



Length of drill, 21 inches; hearth, 4f inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kiliina-Njaro, East Africa. 151824 



Native Hoe. Crutch of a tree, with one prong sharpened. Native 

 manufacture, and used in most of the cultivation. 



Length, 16^ inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151766 



Hoe. a short knob-stick, through which the poll of the iron blade is 



tirmly driven. 



Handle, 16 inches long; blade, 7 inches long. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151764 



Hoe (Koombi). Curved iron blade set in the bulbous extremity of the 

 handle, as in the ax above described.' 



Length of handle, 18J inches; length of blade, 9 inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151808 



Curved Knife, or Gouge (Ukombo). Used for excavating Avooden 

 jars and dishes. Blade curved at the end in form of a hook or 

 horseshoe, and fastened in strong wooden handle. 



Length, 15 inches; blade, If inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151787 



Hoe. Crutch of wood with one prong sharpened, the other forming a 

 handle. This is the most primitive form of hoe. 



Length, 21^ inches, 



Wa Chaga tribe ; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151771 



Chopper and Reaping Hook. Used in planting manioc, A stalk 

 is taken in the hand, thrust into the ground, and the section above 

 ground chopped off with the hook, etc. Used also for planting 

 sugar cane. Also used in harvesting the crops. 



Length, 1.3 inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa.. 151182 



Reaping Knife or Hook. Slightly curved blade, set in wooden han- 

 dle, used in cutting corn, etc. 



licngth of blade, 4^ inches; handle, 15i inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; M(uint Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151803 



Reaping Knife. An exaggerated form of the coiumon small knife in 

 use among the Chagas. For cutting corn, etc. 



Blade, 6i: inches; handle, llf inches. 



W^a Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151801 



Wooden Mortar (Kieura). Model of mortar used by natives to pound 



grain, etc. Made by a native. 



Height. 6^ inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa, 1.51757 



