3-021-750 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Weapons and implements of the tribes of Central Africa, visited by Mr. S. W. Baker, 1865. '1. Spear. 2. War bracelet, armed with sharp-pointed blades for striking at an enemy. 3. Hammer, or mace, with iron head. 4. Horn used as a trumpet. 5. Mace. 6. Shield, ornamented with a tuft of black ostrich feathers at the top. 7. Axe. 8. "Mollote", or spade. 9. Fighting-bracelet, with sharp edge around the circle, protected by a sheath of hide. 10. Stool, ornamented with festoons of chains beneath. 11. Another stool, with basket under it, and an arched cavity to hold store of tobacco. 12. Big drum of the Murdi tribe. 13. Big drum of the Latooka. 14. Knife. 15. Harp. 16. Tobacco-pipe. 17. Cup. 18. Horn for music. 19. Bench. 20. Tobacco-pipe. 21. Tobacco-pipe. 22. Bow. 23. Arrows. 24. Spear'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.