Travels and discoveries in North and Central AfricaFrom the journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of 's government, in the years 1849-1855 . every family has itsshare in them. Besides the cloth produced and dyed in Kano and in theneighboring villages, there is a considerable commerce carriedon here with the cloth manufactured in Nyffi or jSupe. The GUINEA-FOWL SHIRT. 157 tobes brought from Nyffi are either large black ones, or ofmixed silk and cotton. With regard to the former, which are called giwa (theelephants shirt), I am unable to say why the Kanawa are notcapable o
Travels and discoveries in North and Central AfricaFrom the journal of an expedition undertaken under the auspices of 's government, in the years 1849-1855 . every family has itsshare in them. Besides the cloth produced and dyed in Kano and in theneighboring villages, there is a considerable commerce carriedon here with the cloth manufactured in Nyffi or jSupe. The GUINEA-FOWL SHIRT. 157 tobes brought from Nyffi are either large black ones, or ofmixed silk and cotton. With regard to the former, which are called giwa (theelephants shirt), I am unable to say why the Kanawa are notcapable of manufacturing them themselves ; but it seems that,while they thoroughly understand how to impart the most beau-tiful dye to the tiirkedi, they are unable to apply the same tothe riga—I do not know why. Of the latter kind there are several varieties; the riga saki,with small squares blue and white, as if speckled, and there-fore called by the Arabs filfil (pepper), and by the Tawarek,who esteem it more than any other kind, the Guinea-fowlshirt (tekatkat tailelt), as shown in the accompanying wood-cut, is very becoming, and was my ordinary dress from the.
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