Handbook to the ethnographical collections . IGdeg. south is fringed with Swahili,a heterogeneous mixture of Bantu tril)es and Arabs, the formerpredominating. Between the Ruliji and the Rovuma are the 204 AFRICA WaGindo :incl MaKontle ; south of the Rovuma, and covering aconsiderable area, are the MaKua, to the west of whom are theWaYao. As the WaYao appear to have forced their wayfrom the west, they will be discussed in connection with thetribes inhabiting the Shire highlands. The peoples of this area are far more fully clothed ; the materialused is still hide, but bark-cloth is found amongst
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . IGdeg. south is fringed with Swahili,a heterogeneous mixture of Bantu tril)es and Arabs, the formerpredominating. Between the Ruliji and the Rovuma are the 204 AFRICA WaGindo :incl MaKontle ; south of the Rovuma, and covering aconsiderable area, are the MaKua, to the west of whom are theWaYao. As the WaYao appear to have forced their wayfrom the west, they will be discussed in connection with thetribes inhabiting the Shire highlands. The peoples of this area are far more fully clothed ; the materialused is still hide, but bark-cloth is found amongst BaGauda,BaKonjo. BaXyoro and Balro. Tatuing is not found extensivelynorth of the Victoria Nyanza, thougli all tribes to the soutli scarthe trunk and sometimes the face also. The frequency of tooth-mutilation varies in the same manner, and elaborate hairdressingdoes not make its appearance until the WaNyamwezi andWaGogoare reached. The latter and the WaShashi have borrowed manyof their ornaments from the Masai; those of the other tribes are. Fifi. 179.^—Ivory necklace worn by chiefs. WaNyamwezi. too numerous to mention, though the grass ornaments and woodenpendants of the BaHima and kindred tribes, the triangular shellor ivory pendants of the WaNyamwezi and MaHenge, may l)ementioned as characteristic (fig. 179). The BaHima and kindredtribes are purely pastoral, the Bantu mainly agricultural, thoughthe}possess cattle also, which, in the north, are tended by serfs ofHima blood. Milk is the chief food of the pastoral tribes ; plantains(north of the lake) and other vegetable produce, of the has been reported only of the islanders in the lake,and, with a magical purpose, of the WaGogo. Most of thesetribes are good hunters, and some keep bees. The circular typeof hut is universal, but the rectangular pattern is found alsoamong WaNyamwezi, WaGogo, WaSaramo, MaHenge, andMaKua. The composite rectangular dwelling with mud wallscalled icmhe has its centre in Ugogo. Iro
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