3-011-550 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Implements and weapons of the Manganja and Ajawa tribes of the Zambesi Country, in Africa, 1864. 'Mr. Waghorn has...permitted us to make drawings of his collection of tools and weapons commonly used by this interesting people, for whose redemption from a state of heathen barbarism such costly and laborious efforts have been lately made...It is only requisite...to give a catalogue of the various...utensils and weapons of these African savages: a) Asegai, or lance, of iron, strongly coiled round the handle; b) Ajawa bow; c) Horn, for cupping; d) Lancet; e) Comb worn by the women in their dances; f) Native pillow; g) Medicine man's rattle; h) Manganja and Ajawa arrows; the two lower ones poisoned, immediately behind the head. I) Chicoe, for drinking out of. Stone; j) Native pipe; k) and l) Clubs, composed entirely of rhinoceros horn; m) Native domestic and war hatchet; n) War hatchet exclusively; o) Musical instruments: the small shells, strung on a metal plate, serve as a rattling accompaniment to the musical iron rods at top; p) Native knife, the handle of hippopotamus tooth; q) Native knife, used for all purposes in war and hunting, double-edged; r) Native pipe; s) Cachimbo, with charms, &c., suspended to the bowl'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.