876 MASAI, TUKKANA, SUK, NANDI, ETC. 



The shields of the Nandi, Lumbwa, and Kamasia are much like those 

 of the Masai. Such is the case also with the Andorobo when they use 

 shields. The spears of the Kamasia are both long and short. The long- 

 ones are exactly like the Masai spear. The Nandi of the west have small- 

 bladed, long-handled spears which are like those of the Andorobo. The 

 eastern Nandi have long, broad-bladed spears something like those of the 

 eastern Masai. The Nandi generally stab with a spear instead of throwing 

 it. They also carry clubs like those of the Masai, and the same shaped 



499. 



A ZINGIBERACEOUS ROOT WHICH YIELDS A THICK BIRD-LIJIE 

 USED BY THE ANDOROBO FOR SMEARING BRANCHES, AND 

 ALSOiFOR GLUING ON THE FEATHERS TO ARROW-HEADS 



ARROW SHAFT WITH FEATHERS 

 GLUED ON. 



swords with spatulate blades. All of these peoples use bows and arrows. 

 Some of the Andorobo bows are nearly five feet in height. In the quivers, 

 arrows, poisoned and unpoisoned, and of several different kinds of head — 

 barbed or otherwise — are carried, together with the needful drills and 

 slips of wood for making a fire by friction. All the Nandi-speaking people 

 except the Andorobo make pottery. It is rough and unglazed, and is 

 invariably made by the women. 



The men smelt iron ore and carry the pig-metal on donkeys to the 

 various smithies. In part of the Nandi country the blacksmiths' work is 



