42fi REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



Short Sword (Cime). Grip wcnii nearly smooth. Sheath made of 

 leather which is shriiiik over plates of wood. Belt made by crimp- 

 ing a piece of leather and spacing between the ridges, at intervals, 

 with beads. 



Length of blade, 14| inches; hilt, 4| inches. Blade, 2,^,, inchcLS at widest 



part. 

 Wa Cliaga tribe; Machanie district, Mount Kilinia-Njaro, East Africa. 



151501 (c) 



Short Sword (Cime). Sheath old and worn ont ; sword good. Crimped 

 belt. 



Length of blade, 181 inches; grip, 5 inches. 



AVa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 121.502 



Short Sword (Cime). Sheath old and worn out; sword good. Crimj)ed 

 belt. 



Length of blade, 16^ inches; width, 2^ inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151503 



Short Sword (Cime). Sheath rather ))oor; blade good. Belt plaited 



with " in and in" plait. 



Blade, 18 inches ; grip, 5| inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151504 



Short Sword (Cime). Crimped belt. The blades of these swords are 

 made of iron wire brought from the coast. 



Length of blade, 19f inches ; grip, 5} inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151505 



Short Sword (Cime). Hilt rather smooth; s('abl)ard large for the 

 blade. Crimped belt. 



Length of blade, 21| inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151.50(> 



Sword (Cime). Made after the long narrow pattern of the jNIasai. 



Scabbard with button at bottom. Bound in one ]>lace with ser- 



]>ent skin. No belt. 



Length, 23^ inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Moshi district. Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151507 



Sword. Long, narrow, Masai sword. Crini|)cd belt. 



Length of blade, 27 inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151509 



Short Sword. Lozenge blade, symmetrical, a rare feature in African 

 blades. Handle wood and leather, the latter the skin of a calf's 

 tail, wet and shrunk on. Scabbard, of goatskin, with stiflener of 

 wood. Belt creased; scabbard covered with cotton cloth. 



Blade, 16} inches long; length, 2^ inches wide; handle, 4| inches. 



W^a Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151174 



SwoRD (Cime). Narrow blade with spatulate point. Hilt covered with 

 rough leather; no guard. Sheath of wood, covered with leather; 

 belt of crimped leather. 



Length, 28:^ inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151785 



