Handbook to the ethnographical collections . The former peoples livechiefly on flesh and milk, the latterare mainly vegetarian. Fish iseaten by the coastal Galla. Beer(merissaj is manufactured fromgrain, and also, in Galla-land, meadfrom honey. Hunting is practised,chiefly Ijy the Beja, Baggara andSomali. Coiled basket-work is uni-versal, and of good quality, milk-vessels being often made of thismaterial (Somali, Abyssinians);pottery is poor, and amongst thenomads is often ejitirely absent,being replaced by wooden or horn vessels. Some of the bestsmiths are found amongst the Foi-, who show rem
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . The former peoples livechiefly on flesh and milk, the latterare mainly vegetarian. Fish iseaten by the coastal Galla. Beer(merissaj is manufactured fromgrain, and also, in Galla-land, meadfrom honey. Hunting is practised,chiefly Ijy the Beja, Baggara andSomali. Coiled basket-work is uni-versal, and of good quality, milk-vessels being often made of thismaterial (Somali, Abyssinians);pottery is poor, and amongst thenomads is often ejitirely absent,being replaced by wooden or horn vessels. Some of the bestsmiths are found amongst the Foi-, who show remarkable skillin all crafts. IJecorative art amongst the Moslem tribes is con-fined to geometrical forms, and practically the sole representa-. Fi( ](>7.—Tobactcu Nile. 192 AFRICA tions of the human form are found in Abyssinian Christianmanuscripts, where tlie devils are represented in i)rofile, tliesaints full face. Among the Hamites the lozenge is the leadingmotive in decoration, and walls of huts are often ornamentedwith patterns. The chief weapons are sword and socketed spear(fig. 164. 5). Bows are not common (Nuba, Galla); wrist-knivesand slings (Galla) and throwing-knives (For) are found, asalso are clubs. Circular hide shields (Beja, Hamites (fig. 1G5),Abyssinians) and occasional suits of chain-mail and quiltedarmour (Baggara, Nuba) form the defensive armour. Among tlienomad tribes, the social system is purely patriarchal, but among themore settjed Galla a more democratic constitution is ruled by a sovereign now styled Kas, but formerlyNegus, who is at the head of a feudal system of military nobles. JTiT Fig. 168.—Tobacco pipes. Upper Nile. Except among the Moslems, marriage is by
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