sr.o :\rASAi, ttrkaxa, sux, xanui, etc, 



The iroij.diis n\' tlir Turkniia ;iii(l Sfik emisi^t i>f sj,('ais with small, 

 Icaf-sliajH'il liladi'-. llic cii'>ci'lit->liapiMl kiii\c- Wdiii on (lie Wl'isi, a lira\v 



Wdiidcii clul) sliapi-il ximctliiiii;- likf a ki ici-aiii;- (tkc kca\-v ciiil ki'iiiL,r 



lift en cdNcrcd with ,i Icatlier sheath), ami hows and aii'DWs. d'lie sliiekls 

 of kiiith Srd< ami Tiivkana are of huffalo. o\. or i,ni-affe hide, willi a slick 



down the middle as a mi(h'ili. 'I'ids 

 stiek is hent to a. sliapi' sometliinL;' 

 liki' a liow% and the iiiiikUe is eillier 

 sC(J02ied out nv hent into a loo[] so aS 

 to a(hnit (jf the passat^e of the han(h 

 ' It is attaela-d t.i the I'aw huh' of tlie 

 shiekl hv strong;' heather stitches or 

 bicinc;. The stick does not project- 

 helow the kiottoin of the sld(dd, but. 

 extends (juite six inches aho\"e the 

 toll, wlan'e it is decorated with a tuft 

 ol' pllinie of feafhers, or a rosi-'tte of 

 \egctalile tihre. Th(^ shape is long and 

 narrow, and llie sides and ends are 

 rather corica\c, so that the fmr angles 

 project in poijits. The shiidd is not 

 of V(n'v large size compared to those 

 ns(.Ml liy the .^lasai. It is an im[ioitant 

 fact that this pecnliarl v shaped leather 

 shield is used all r(Mnid the wa-^st. south, 

 and east sides of Lake Kudolf by 

 Turkana, Sfik, Ihirkeneji Masai, and the 

 halt-] lamitic islanders of Elmolo. At 

 the iroith end of Lake Ivudolf the 

 Heshiat shield is \'erv long and narrow, 

 and is niadi^ of basket work. 



The iSfik and Turkana liiua^ vei-y 

 few niannfactures except the njaking 

 ol weapons and oinanients of iroi], brass, 

 leather, ostia'cb sladls, etc. Thejastoial 

 Shk and 'i'urkana hardh' e\'i'i' mak(^ 

 pottery, hut obtain it generalh' hv trade Irom the tribes to the west and 

 north. They u^e goiuds as milk \essels. 



In their iiHi rriiii/t' utul Ijirtli cinihjuis tliey i^'semble tla^ Masai to a 

 great extent, though thcv do not adopt ' such a rigid custom of oliliging' 

 the wairiors to I'cmain mimarriod or the married iiK^n- not to inrlulge in 

 tighting. Like till- _Ma-ai, thev bur\' [little children generally in the 



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