. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . (Figs. 27, 28, 29). As drinking vessels, the Waganda, besides those ofbaked clay, possess tasteful calabashes made of thebottle-gourd, from which they suck their in-dispensable mukenge {, banana wine), by Drinkingmeans of a simple straw or plaited tube [luseke)of coloured grass, furnished with a small sieve. Theygenerally drag these about with them everywhere, andI have often seen natives who really neverhad their banana beer out of their hands. They further make use of small cutgourds in
. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . (Figs. 27, 28, 29). As drinking vessels, the Waganda, besides those ofbaked clay, possess tasteful calabashes made of thebottle-gourd, from which they suck their in-dispensable mukenge {, banana wine), by Drinkingmeans of a simple straw or plaited tube [luseke)of coloured grass, furnished with a small sieve. Theygenerally drag these about with them everywhere, andI have often seen natives who really neverhad their banana beer out of their hands. They further make use of small cutgourds in which they often burn pleasingpatterns. The accompanying drawing(Fig. 30) shows one of these cups withleaf pattern. In order to cool the foodwhen it is ready, the Waganda spread it Fig. 30.—Gourdout in good-sized wooden bowls of a fourth naturallongish oval in shape, of which some rest «Jb.) on massive stands, while some are separatedfrom the ground beneath by a single foot. Small hotvessels and drinking cups are placed on special pad-like stands prettily plaited of coloured grasses, prepared. VICTORIA NYANZA and placed round for the purpose. For storing waterin the huts, large vessels are carved in wood ; they areclosed by wicker coverings, and stand on supports of thesame material. One spoon I obtained from some of the Waganda is Fig. 31.—Spoon. (One-fourth natural size, III. E., 5321.) of Arabic or Swaheli origin, to judge from the circlesand lines cut upon it (Fig. 31). Otherwise theWaganda use a long ladle made of wood for pouring out liquids (Fig. 32). The Uganda woman stirs
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