. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . en made thinner andlarger by hammering with a special mallet(Fig. 37),and by being simultaneously drawn out gradually at the sides, till it has takenthe desired form. The ma-terial, when ready, is gene-rally coloured of a reddish-brown. Specially finepieces, having numeroussymmetrical figures de-lineated on them withblack earth, used to bereserved for the King- andthe Princesses (lubiigo,Fig. 38). The garmentsof bark are hung roundthe body like a toga, andknotted on the ricrhtshoulder. Undern
. The Victoria Nyanza; the land, the races and their customs, with specimens of some of the dialects . en made thinner andlarger by hammering with a special mallet(Fig. 37),and by being simultaneously drawn out gradually at the sides, till it has takenthe desired form. The ma-terial, when ready, is gene-rally coloured of a reddish-brown. Specially finepieces, having numeroussymmetrical figures de-lineated on them withblack earth, used to bereserved for the King- andthe Princesses (lubiigo,Fig. 38). The garmentsof bark are hung roundthe body like a toga, andknotted on the ricrhtshoulder. Underneath,the Mganda wears asmaller strip of the samematerial round the hipsand between the are alreadylearnincr to clothe themselves in loose white linen trousersand large cloaks of the same material, and also to windround their heads a strip of white stuff in the manner ofa turban. This costume always looks singularly clean, forthe better-class Mganda lays great stress on the tidinessof his personal appearance. They get the material forthis costume by barter with Arabs and Fig. 35.—Headgear of a Magician,Uganda. (TIL E., 5294.) UGANDA Soap. For washing, the people use either the sap of thebanana or a soap manufactured from wood-ashes andmutton-fat. This is made up into balls, wrapped upin banana-leaves, and so brought to women in Uganda are generally clothedin mbugu. In Ussoga large white cloaks with arms arealso made of bark. As protection for the feet, the Wagandaput on strong durable sandals. These areof hard stiff ox-hide, and arebent up at the edges so thatthe foot rests in a flat hollow. Inside andout the Mganda scratches pretty orna-mentation, to which he gives a tone ofblack, white, or some other colour. The Sandals. Fig. 36. — Decora-tive W 111 d e \Chest. (One-thirdnatural size, III. E., 5327-)
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