Dama

Tribe inhabiting the w. coast of S. Africa, numbering more than 100,000. They are large and powerful, ride horses, use wagons and breech loaders, and wear their hair in braids down the back. Their clothing consists of a small apron and numerous bells and ornaments; the women also wear a head-dre , and are the laborers. They are loquacious, love dances and music, but lack perseverance. Youths on growing up knock out the lower inciosrs. The corpse is buried with the utensils owned in life.