Abstract
NEARLY thirty years ago Robertson Smith lamented that no good collection of wasm (the tribal marks with which every Arab tribe brands its cattle) had been made, and now Mr. MacMichael has published as a pendant to his history of the Arab tribes of Kordofan a collection of the marks used by these tribes as camel brands. The utility of such a work to the members of the Sudan Civil Service is too obvious to need accentuation, but there is also a good deal of scientific interest attaching to it, although the writer's experience in the Sudan makes him regard it as improbable that the high hopes cherished by Robertson Smith will be realised, that such collections will enable us to trace the ancient history of the people.
Brands Used by the Chief Camel-owning Tribes of Kordofan.
(A Supplement to “The Tribes of Northern and Central Kordofan”.) By H. A. MacMichael. Pp. viii + 40 + xvii plates. (Cambridge University Press, 1913.) Price 6s. net.
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Brands Used by the Chief Camel-owning Tribes of Kordofan . Nature 91, 580 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091580a0
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