424 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



Shield. Made ot rliinoceros hide. Like ir»l 744. Zi^^zag' creasing on 

 exterior. Boss over the hand grip. 



Length, 3 feet; width, 131 inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kiliuia-Njaro, East Africa. 151750 



Shield, Of buffalo hide. JVIade hke 151744. Painted in totem of 

 Kilemma. 



Length, 3 feet 10 inches ; width, 22 inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151751 



Shield. Made of buffalo hide. Painted with totem of Moshi. The 

 design means something different from the ordinary Moshi totem. 



Length, 3 feet 10 inches; width, 22 inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; MovShi district, Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151752 



Shield. An oval or elliptical slab of bark, bound at the edges with a 

 rod wrapped in leather and sewed to the edge of shield. Strength- 

 ener, a piece of wood running through middle and formed into a 

 hand grij). Thongs run from each end of the hand grip to the 

 extremities of the shield to keep it curved. Between the hand 

 grip and shield is a piece of heavy hippopotamus skin, hoi-seshoe- 

 shape, over which is fixed a band of cow skin to keep the rough 

 surface from abrading the hand. The shield is penetrable and 

 rather crudely made. It is used by the poorer and least advanced 

 tribes of Kilima-Njaro; being most common in Machame and 

 Kombo. 



Length, 4 feet. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Machame district, Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151.520 



Shields. Made of the skin of the buffalo. Oval. Painted in red and 

 white designs (totems). Wooden stifitVner with hand grip. Thongs 

 tied from hand grip to each end to keep shield curved. 



Height, 3 feet 5 inches; width, 19 J inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151206 



Knife. Handle of rhinoceros hide; blade of iion, long and narrow, 

 with median groove. 



Blade, 4i inces long; liandle, 4 inclics long. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Moshi district, Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151179 



Knife. Handle of lightning wood. Blade of iron, long and dagger 

 shaped. 



Length of blade, 3 inches; handh', 4.V indies. 



Wa Chaga tribe ; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151180 



Knife. Narrow blade, set in wooden handle. 



Length, X inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151795 



Knife. Sheathed like a sword. Handle of wood, blade of steel, dag- 

 ger-shaped. 



Length of blade, 6} inches; handle, 4^ inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe ; Machame district. Mount Kilima-Njaro, T^ast Africa. 151510 



