. The Nandi, their language and folk-lore. 1. Womens milk face p. 36 2. Calves foedinj? bottle. 3. Warriors milk gourd. INDUSTRIES 37 herd or breed with the cattle belonging to the smiths; and whenevera Nandi picks up anything new which a smith has made, he first spitsinto his hand. The smiths work in small open huts or smithies called smelt iron by means of a clay furnace, which they heat withcharcoal and work with bellows [ko2Mnda). The bellows are made ofwood and covered at the top with a goats skin, in the middle of whichis a hole known as the mouth (kutit). The e
. The Nandi, their language and folk-lore. 1. Womens milk face p. 36 2. Calves foedinj? bottle. 3. Warriors milk gourd. INDUSTRIES 37 herd or breed with the cattle belonging to the smiths; and whenevera Nandi picks up anything new which a smith has made, he first spitsinto his hand. The smiths work in small open huts or smithies called smelt iron by means of a clay furnace, which they heat withcharcoal and work with bellows [ko2Mnda). The bellows are made ofwood and covered at the top with a goats skin, in the middle of whichis a hole known as the mouth (kutit). The end of the tube of thebellows is called rupeitit, and the small clay pipe in the fire, throughwhich the air is blown, soiyot. The ru2)eitit is said to be the male, thesoiyot the female. Nobody may step over the tube or over the pig iron is beaten out on a stone anvil {topet) by means of an ironhammer [kirisuety The only other implements used are a knife orcutting iron (laita) and pincers or tongs {konameito). Spears, swords,arr
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