. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . 18).& They are also hung up in nets in the We may add a high cover for the gourd-es bottles, plaited in a peculiar fashion (Fig. 119).c Other articles of daily use in the house areI. hung up or stand about in the huts. Among- these we should mention small cook-£ ing-vessels and drinking-vessels of clay or wood. The former are of the sameJ1 shapes as the Uganda pottery. There isan interesting vessel of black baked clayornamented with neat line patterns (Fig. 120).It is 8 inches high, an
. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . 18).& They are also hung up in nets in the We may add a high cover for the gourd-es bottles, plaited in a peculiar fashion (Fig. 119).c Other articles of daily use in the house areI. hung up or stand about in the huts. Among- these we should mention small cook-£ ing-vessels and drinking-vessels of clay or wood. The former are of the sameJ1 shapes as the Uganda pottery. There isan interesting vessel of black baked clayornamented with neat line patterns (Fig. 120).It is 8 inches high, and consists of twodivisions, as may be seen in the diagram ofa section. In the upper part, which is cup-shaped, are placed bits of wood soaked ingrease, with lighted shavings. The whole isthen placed underneath a hide stretched out 1 VICTORIA NYANZA for drying, so that the smoke generated may cause thehide to lose its smell more quickly. The natives callthis contrivance kishwa. For drawing water and fordrinking- the Wassiba sometimesuse bowls made of bottle gourdscut down, and sometimes carved. Frc 118. — Pombe Flask ofGourd. (One-fourth natural size,III. E., 5412.) Fig. 119.—Wicker Liu.( One - s ix thnatural size,III. E., 5421.) wooden vessels. Fig. 121 represents a gourd used as a drinking-vessel, said to be intended only for katikiro —, people of rank. As the large pots are Drinking- clumSy anc} fragile, the women often drawvessels. J . the water required for the household in large ox-horns, either from the lake or from the brooks, KISIBA 93 and pour it into the spacious pots which stand inthe huts. When the people carry their field produce tomarket, they either put it into their beautiful wicker baskets (Fig. 122) or packit (beans, coffee, etc.) inbundles or bags of dried
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