S20 :\rASAT. TntKANA. Sflv. XAXDI. ETC. 



4 If" If 



arniws. kii,il.kcni.-. iiinl MV.nds in. in a f'"'1 t,i riglitc'ii inches Ion--. 

 Tlic >\v..nl<. wlii.-li aiv of a iirniliar ,-liaii.'. lik'' lou^' aial >Vw\^'Y Icavo— 

 viav iiaridW tcwavd- tla- liilt ur lianillc and at their hroaili^-^t close lo (lie. 

 ti[,_arc callcil -Mine." and are of \vides| iicad use t liroii^-jiout Xm-tli- 

 Ea>ten] Aliiea. where the tvih(.'> are ol' tlie same >to,d< or liaw <-oine 

 under tlie infliieuce of tlie Nilotic and :AIavai jieople-. The s[iear \arii\s 

 in diape and si/e- There is a V(ny sliort, liruad-liladeil ty|)e. which is 



geiieralh' carrieil |i\- the 

 \-ou(hs. The warriors 

 aiiioug 1 he .^la-ai in 1 he 

 Jiiff \hiliev and -dM-- 

 wlier(' ill the ruaiida 

 ^ Protect orate and the ad- 



joinine parts ot Jjritf-h 

 Kast Africa carry a spear 

 with an t xtreniely loug 

 and narrow hlade. 'I'he 

 head iiia\' he fully three 

 feet long. \^'hen it is 

 not carried f>r um^, the 

 t i ] I of the hlade is 

 generallv []ro\ided with 

 a small cap ornamented 

 with a tuft of lila<d; 

 f(Mthers. The sword is 

 worn usnalh' girt o\'(n' 

 till' right thigh in a. 

 scahliard of leather, 'i'he 

 kni.ilikerr\' is generally 

 twisted into the same 

 leather licit worn round 

 the ahdoinen. ]5ows and 

 arrow> are more in use 

 fiv the agricultural .Masai; amongst the ]iastoral peo[ile they are re- 

 leofateil ill the l)o\s. who use a siiiallia' how and arrow tor shootini;' hirds. 

 Tile .'NhiMii shiidd is \-er\" nearK" an o\al. It i^ marie uf ux hide or the 

 skin of the huffali.i. A piece of wooil like the liooping of a cask, ahoiit 

 uii inch wide, is sewn \"erv lighth' round the edge (.if the o\al Jiiece of 

 leatlaa'. while down the centre of the iii>idi ol the >liield runs a lin ad 

 lath of wood. This in the middle is detached from the concaA'e surface, 

 lecU'ino' a hollow fietween. throimh which the hand of the wari'ior can 

 be piassed. >.'early all .Masai shield-^ are painted; perlia[:s in the case of 



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