Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fift, 208.—Types of knives from tlie Congo Free State. «. MaNyema,Upper Congo, h. Ababvva, Welle District, c. Makarka, Welle Momfu, Welle District (womans knife), c. Mangbetu, Welle BaTetela, Upper Congo, g. Kasai. h. BaTetela, Upper Congo, k. Mege,Welle District. 1. Mobati tribe of Ababwa. m. Ibembo. Kubi River. AFRICA 231 and extraction are sporadic, and lip-plugs and nose-ornamentsare found amongst the negro tribes of the west, the latter amongsome of the western Bantu also (Fang, Okanda, BaBuende).Hairdressing is as a rul
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . Fift, 208.—Types of knives from tlie Congo Free State. «. MaNyema,Upper Congo, h. Ababvva, Welle District, c. Makarka, Welle Momfu, Welle District (womans knife), c. Mangbetu, Welle BaTetela, Upper Congo, g. Kasai. h. BaTetela, Upper Congo, k. Mege,Welle District. 1. Mobati tribe of Ababwa. m. Ibembo. Kubi River. AFRICA 231 and extraction are sporadic, and lip-plugs and nose-ornamentsare found amongst the negro tribes of the west, the latter amongsome of the western Bantu also (Fang, Okanda, BaBuende).Hairdressing is as a rule elaborate, and wooden shapes, usedas foundations, occur in the west (Fang, BaKalai). Circumcision. Fifj. 209.—Kiiivps from the Conso Stattc. Mom f 11. a. CaPoto. b. BaNgala. is universal in the Ogowe basin, non-existent among the negroesin the west, and, in the oast, recorded only of the ornaments, the enormous Ijrass neckrings worn by thewomen of the BaBoma and neighbours are the most these trilies except the Pygmies are agricultural: and the menare also expert hunters and fishers. Manioc and maize are the staplefood, except in the north, where millet is found. Cannibalism 232 AFRICA is the rule rather than the exception (especially among the Fang,Ndri, BaNgala). and tobacco-smoking is universal. Huts arerectangular or circular, according as the tribe is respectively Bantuor negro. Pile-dwellings are found on the west coast. Pottery isgood in this area, and the Bantu are superior to the negroes in thisrespect, especially in the east. Weaving is not so extensivelypractised as in the last area described. The working of iron,esj^ecially in the Welle di
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