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 are also embellished with carved fetishes; but the talent of the Ba-Kundu artists is displayed especially in the ornamentation of the "palaver houses," which,

however, also serve as shambles. The warrior who has slain his foe, the woman who has given birth to a son, paint themselves in red to manifest their renown to the eyes of all. The chief occupation of the people is the weaving of nets and