Use of Coicr]'-s/ii-/Is for Ciincncw . liiiu/cts, etc. i 33 



hung with cowr)--. shells. The men-tblk of the p;i<;Hn 

 Kado negro in southern llaussaland, wear, according to 

 Rohlfs, a skin-apron hung with cowries, and the young 

 gills of the Kedje negro {A>,iiz\\ on their leather-girdles a 

 bumlle of small shells i)resented to thcni by their bride- 

 grooms. Barth mentions shell-ornament as in use by the 

 young women and girls of the Marghi, and in l^agirmi.by 

 the pagan population in the sc^ith. The women especially 

 wear such ornament of cowries, \\.\\([ ca])s too are made 

 thereof, with which to decorate the heads of deceased 

 relations, \achtigal also states that in this neighbour- 

 hood, at the funeral of a chief, " a small gourd-shell 

 full of beads and cowries was placeel on the mouth in 

 order to serve to some extent as travelling expenses." 

 According to Rohlfs, the Maliommedan Aulad Rashid 

 (Arabs in N.\\\ Darfur) decorate the hair-plaits of iheir 

 cainels and b.orses with the porcelain-shells, and the 

 women of Pebu adorn their arms with tliem. According 

 to Xachtigal, the wood- or tin-trombone, about one and 

 a half metres long, the hollowed antelope-horn, and the 

 short pipes of wood, brass or horn, which emitted such 

 terrible tones at festive processions of the Sheikhs in 

 Bornu, were all adorned with numerous cowries on the 

 surface. The Kawembu in Kanem and the l^uduma of 

 the islands of Lake Chad also wear neck-chains of C(nvries. 

 The sjiells are a market-article in Kuka. Tiu-y'are taken 

 as an article of barter in jtuniu-vs from Kuka to l^agirmi 

 and Wadai, where, especially b\- the native Arab and also 

 by the pagan negro, they are used as ornament. The 

 Mahommedan women in liagirmi wear C(jwry neck-chains ; 

 the wives of the pagans in the Alofu district wear the 

 shells on the girdle and apron strings. In Abcshr 

 (Wadai), at the wedding of the king's daughter, thirt\' 

 large baskets, adorned with shells or beads, were carried 



