. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . L Fig. 201.—Fish-basket from Massansa, Ussukuma. (III. E., 5616.) traps, which are built of strong posts, and in a smallpartition a goat is placed as a bait. VICTORIA NY ANZA The Wassukuma are fond of wearing ornaments ; they most commonly adorn hair, neck, arms, and legs. Into the hair Ornaments. . they stickall sorts of feathersor tie glass beadsinto it, or perforatedcoins (pesas, eachworth about half afarthing), or theyuse their hair asreceptacles forsmall knives ortobacco-pipes. TheWassuk
. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . L Fig. 201.—Fish-basket from Massansa, Ussukuma. (III. E., 5616.) traps, which are built of strong posts, and in a smallpartition a goat is placed as a bait. VICTORIA NY ANZA The Wassukuma are fond of wearing ornaments ; they most commonly adorn hair, neck, arms, and legs. Into the hair Ornaments. . they stickall sorts of feathersor tie glass beadsinto it, or perforatedcoins (pesas, eachworth about half afarthing), or theyuse their hair asreceptacles forsmall knives ortobacco-pipes. TheWassukuma alsowear small plaitedcaps from whichinnumerable stalksof straw projectadorned with smallwhite Nera and Sengerema they use in war a very hand-some head-dress, not unlike an ancient Roman strips of leather adorned with cowrie-shells arewound round the head, and the crest of the helmetis formed from the mane of a zebra standing uprightand passing over the crown of the warrior (Fig. 202).From the mane of the zebra are also formed circles ortiaras, worn horizontally rou
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