. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . 131 wood stuck in seldom theremay be found ivoryrings round the upperarm, or heavy brassrings on the warriors of Uke-rewe adorn them-selves with crests ofskin bound round thehead with strips ofleather, commonly anupright tuft from alions mane, and arealso ornamented withcowrie-shells. Orelse they intertwinevarious trifles in theirhair, glass beads,bits of wood or bone,etc. The weapons inU k ere weconsist ofspear, shield, bow spearsare short, withwooden shafts
. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . 131 wood stuck in seldom theremay be found ivoryrings round the upperarm, or heavy brassrings on the warriors of Uke-rewe adorn them-selves with crests ofskin bound round thehead with strips ofleather, commonly anupright tuft from alions mane, and arealso ornamented withcowrie-shells. Orelse they intertwinevarious trifles in theirhair, glass beads,bits of wood or bone,etc. The weapons inU k ere weconsist ofspear, shield, bow spearsare short, withwooden shafts, ironlancet-shaped points,and iron shoes. Thepoint has only oneflat mid-rib, and theedges are not sharp-ened. The point andshoe are set on the9—2 Weapons. Spears. 132 VICTORIA NYANZA. Fig. 181.—Wooden Curs. (III. E., 5513.; shaft by means of sockets (Fig. 1 7 6 ). Shields. ^ , Theshields are nar-row, high, andmade of thelight ambachwood. They areornamented onthe front sidewith differentpatterns, gene-rally the trian-gular pattern, which occurs in various forms. Circularpatterns are less common. Most frequently the com-
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