KESHIAT WEAPONS 



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The Eeshiat practise no handicrafts, and as a result their 

 weapons are of very inferior quahty, consisting of spear, bow 

 and arrows, a shield made of a kind of wicker-work, more 

 rarely of buffalo-hide, and a pretty-looking club with a wedge- 



RESHIAT SHIELDS. 



RESHIAT SPEARS. 



shaped handle, protected with a kid-skin cover. The club 

 does not seem to be used for fighting purposes so much as 

 for driving cattle, or separating one or another animal from 

 the rest of the herd. We noticed two kinds of spears. The 



