Handbook to the ethnographical collections . ^ the sling. The form. Fid. 180.—Pottery vases, one in the form of a gourd, blackenedwitli plumbago. BaGanda, Uganda Protectorate. of government varies greatly, from large feudal kingdoms(BaGanda, Baliima, BaNyoro) to independent village chieftainships(WaKhutu, WaShashi, WaGogo). The BaGanda and BaHimaaredivided into cjans, each named usually after some animal; clansmenare regarded as closely related, and, among the BaGanda, may notintermarry. Marriage is by purchase, and among the Batlimaseveral l)rothers will share one wife if they cannot afford m
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . ^ the sling. The form. Fid. 180.—Pottery vases, one in the form of a gourd, blackenedwitli plumbago. BaGanda, Uganda Protectorate. of government varies greatly, from large feudal kingdoms(BaGanda, Baliima, BaNyoro) to independent village chieftainships(WaKhutu, WaShashi, WaGogo). The BaGanda and BaHimaaredivided into cjans, each named usually after some animal; clansmenare regarded as closely related, and, among the BaGanda, may notintermarry. Marriage is by purchase, and among the Batlimaseveral l)rothers will share one wife if they cannot afford customs are too numerous and varied to discuss. It may bementioned that the spirit of a deceased king was sujiposed by theBaGanda to reside in the lower jaw, which was kept in a specialhut; Baliima kings wore believed to become lions. Ordeals byl^oison and fire are found (Baliima, BaGanda, WaGogo). Thepeoples round the lake are very musical: Ikites, Iiorns, pan-pipes, pianos with iron keys (e. g. fig. 201), lyres, xylophones, and 206 AFRICA drums are
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