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mouthpiece with gold, and the jawbones of human 
victims. The war-caps of eagles’ feathers nodded in 
the rear, and large fans, of the wing-feathers of the 
ostrich, played around the dignitaries; immediately 
behind their chairs (which were of a black wood, almost 
covered by inlays of ivory and gold embossment) stood 
1. Ashantee pipe. 2. Hat. 3. Snuft’ mill. 
4. War drum. 5. Sword. 
their handsomest youths, with corslets of leopard-skin, 
covered with gold cockle-shells, and stuck full of small 
knives, sheathed in gold and silver, and the handles of 
blue agate ; cartouch-boxes of elephant’s hide hung 
below, ornamented in the same manner; a large gold- 
handled sword was fixed behind the left shoulder, and 
silk scarves and horses’ tails (generally white), streamed 
