428 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1891. 



MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND CEREMONIAL OBJECTS. 



Rattle. Large iron bell with two balls as sounders. Worn by women 

 during first pregnancy, on the lower part of the thigh. 



Length, 4f inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Monut Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151577 



Rattles. Two little semilunar iron bells, tied to a thong. Worn on 

 the ankles. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Monut Kiliina-Njaro, East Africa. 151575 



Ankle rattles. Iron bells, semilunar in shape, with sounders of 

 iron balls, fastened in pairs to a thong of leather and worn on the 

 ankles in dancing. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Monnt Kiliina-Njaro, East Africa. 151576 



Drum. Tube of wood closed at one end with a skin head. Used to 

 call the population to arms. It is carried under left arm and 

 beaten with right hand. 



Length, 4 feet 2 inches ; diameter, 4^ inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Monnt Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151584 



Cow BELL. A piece of iron, wrought thin and cut in shape of a 

 dumb bell, then bent at the center so as to form a rude bell, with a 

 clapper attached to the narrow jiortion at the to]i. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151578 



Cow BELL. Native iron work, similar to No, loloTS, 



Height, 5J inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Mount Kilima-Njaro, P^ast Africa. 151,579 



Game board (Ochi). Rudely hollowed-out compartments in slab of 

 wood, for playing ban, a common game throughout Africa. It is 

 played by a number of round nicker seeds or ])ebbles placed in the 

 dift'erent divisions. The game is not understood by Euroi)eans, 



Length, 22 inches; width, 9^ inches. 



Wa Chaga tribe; Monnt Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151805 



Medicine NECKLACE. Toe hoofs of some animal, tilled with "medi- 

 cine," the preparation or com])osition of wliich is not known. 

 Strung on an iron chain, 



Wa Chaga tribe; Monut Kilima-Njaro, East Africa. 151247 



