With a Prehistoric People, the Akikuyu of British East Africa: Being Some Account of the Method of Life and Mode of Thought Found Existent Amongst a Nation on Its First Contact with European Civilisation |
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Aberdare Range Akam'ba Akikúyu amongst banana beads boys Brit brought calabash carried cartilage cattle ceremony chain chief child circumcision clan collar cord cultivated custom dance district dress drink eaten elders father festival fingers fire fire stick friends garment girl given goats gourd grass ground hair half hand head hole homestead initiation iron wire K. R. phot Kénya Kiáma Kikuyu killed leather length load lobe M'kikuyu maize marriage Masaí medicine Medicine-Man mother Mungé N'jáma n'jóhi native beer neck necklace NYERI ornament passed pice piece placed PLATE present rite seen shamba shaved sheep side skin sling spear stick string Swahili sword thong tree TRIAL BY ORDEAL upper W. S. R. phot waist warriors wearing whilst whipped wife woman Wombúgu women wood worn young