even if they had no children. When a chief built a house, that house was always dedicated by the child of the ‘sabadu’ being sacrificed when the house was first entered after completion. The ‘sabadu’ was the head of the household servants.
All the implements shown in the illustration were used in connexion with spirit worship. The long brushes like mops were the property of an old witch called Tajuba, who died very recently. These are made of wood and cow-hide, and ornamented with beads and cowrie shells, the tops being feathers. They are really magic wands. The head-dress to the left is of basket-work and beads, and was donned by a medicine man when visiting a sick patient. Sickness was always attributed to some misdemeanour on the part of the sufferer, the sickness being the punishment inflicted by the Lubare. The drum and shield were beaten or shaken to drive away the spirit. The horns and
