A WEIED DANCE BY AFRICAN NATIVES. 
On festive occasions this dance is given. The headdress is made of grass fiber, the 
necklaces are of dogs and other animal teeth, while the anklets are of feathers. The central 
figure wears an enormous headdress of Bird-of-Paradise plumes surmounted by a gigantic 
aigrette of parrots’ feathers. The dancers wear great bunches of grass behind and carry 
light wands purely for decorative effect. During these dances old tribal jealousies arise and 
a man finds opportunity to spear his adversary. 
