Handbook to the ethnographical collections . orn, deservesmention ; also the coiffures and shaven patterns of the are worn in the greatest variety, especially ])y the lasttribe. Circumcision, sporadic in British Central Africa, is notfound in BaRotse-land. These tribes are primarily agricultural, Fig. 183.—Fetishliorn. BaCTanda. AFKICA 209 though cattle are found where the tsetse-fly is absent and thetribes are strong enough to defend themselves from the raids oftheir neighbours. The AwaNkonde and AWemba are the principalcattle keepers. Cannibalism is very rare. The tribes
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . orn, deservesmention ; also the coiffures and shaven patterns of the are worn in the greatest variety, especially ])y the lasttribe. Circumcision, sporadic in British Central Africa, is notfound in BaRotse-land. These tribes are primarily agricultural, Fig. 183.—Fetishliorn. BaCTanda. AFKICA 209 though cattle are found where the tsetse-fly is absent and thetribes are strong enough to defend themselves from the raids oftheir neighbours. The AwaNkonde and AWemba are the principalcattle keepers. Cannibalism is very rare. The tribes of BaEotse-land are great hunters, especially the MaSuj^ia. Most tribes smoketobacco and hemp, the latter in gourd or horn water-pipes. Inthe east, huts are circular with conical roofs; those of theMaNganja are oval; of the BaRotse and MaMboe, rectangular orcircular. Pile-dwellings are found on the east shore of all these tribes are good smiths, especially the AWemba,MaNganja, BaRotse, and MaKalanga; the last named make very. Fxo. 184.—Large basket with woven pattern. BaRotse, NW. Rhodesia. good pottery, but are surpassed in this respect by the BaRotse;both are excellent wood-carvers. Cotton is largely spun, and thebasket-work of the triljes north of the Zambesi, especially theBaRotse, is excellent (lig. 184). Art is seen at a higher levelthan heretofore: the ornamental designs of the MaKalanga areoften very graceful, though frequenth^ overloaded with detail(fig. 185). The chief weapons are the throwing-assegai withtanged blade (fig. 164. 16), and the bow with sinew string. TheAWemba and ALungu not long ago adopted Zulu methods andarms (staljbing-assegai and oval hide shield |, but the latter shortlyafterwards al>andoned them. Missile clubs are universal, andalso axes with very narrow blades passing through knobbedhafts. 210 AFRICA The eastern tribes live under the personal rule of chiefs ; theBaRotse empire is administered by means of an elaborate oiganiza
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