Smiths: {kitong'ik}
The smiths work in small open huts or smithies called kap-kitanyit. They smelt iron by means of a clay furnace, which they heat with charcoal and work with bellows (kopanda). The bellows are made of wood and covered at the top with a goat's skin, in the middle of which is a hole known as the mouth (kutit). The end of the tube of the bellows is called rupeitit, and the small clay pipe in the fire, through which the air is blown, soiyot. The rupeitit is said to be the male, the soiyot the female. Nobody may step over the tube or over the bellows.The pig iron is beaten out on a stone anvil {topet) by means of an iron hammer [kirisuet). The only other implements used are a knife or cutting iron (laita) and pincers or tongs {konameito). Spears, swords, arrow-heads, tools, and ornaments are made.
A place in which iron ore occurs is known as Ngoriamuk. When the smiths search for the ore
they recite the following prayer :
Asis ! kon-ech sapon,
God ! give-us health.
Asis ! kon-ech karik.
God! give-us iron/wealth.
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| Bellow: Kopanda |
| Stone Anvil: Topet |
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| Pincers/Tongs/Pliers: Konameito |
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| Cutting Iron: Laita |
