Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 24South African Museum, 1929 - Natual history |
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... gourd shells . Holes are made with an iron point the same diameter as the wire to be used , which is generally brass or copper . Short pieces of wire are inserted at each end into the holes , close together to form a motif , frequently ...
... gourd shells . Holes are made with an iron point the same diameter as the wire to be used , which is generally brass or copper . Short pieces of wire are inserted at each end into the holes , close together to form a motif , frequently ...
Page 228
... gourd decorated with triangular motifs in a spiral arrangement , alternately of brass and of copper wire . A round of gourd rind serves as a stopper . Height , 3 inches . Diameter of lower bowl , 2 inches . Diameter of upper bowl , 12 ...
... gourd decorated with triangular motifs in a spiral arrangement , alternately of brass and of copper wire . A round of gourd rind serves as a stopper . Height , 3 inches . Diameter of lower bowl , 2 inches . Diameter of upper bowl , 12 ...
Page 239
... gourd snuff - boxes from Bechuanaland three are shown . Fig . 5 is a specimen collected in Griqualand West , but not of Bechuana type . It is a light - coloured round gourd decorated in a diamond design with brass and copper wire , in ...
... gourd snuff - boxes from Bechuanaland three are shown . Fig . 5 is a specimen collected in Griqualand West , but not of Bechuana type . It is a light - coloured round gourd decorated in a diamond design with brass and copper wire , in ...
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Alexandersfontein Aurignacian band Bantu base beach beads Big Rock bones bored branded brass brown burin Bushman tribe Cape Cape Peninsula Cape Town carved cave centre colour copper dagga decorated deposit Diameter of mouth Diameter of stopper dolerite Drury edge end-scraper European excavation feet flakes front Goodwin gourd Greatest width Griquatown Height hole horizontal horn Hottentots implements inch incised Index knife layer leather Length of handle lower bowl midden midrib molar Mossel Bay neck Neill nozzle ostrich Ovambo Ovamboland Painted Shelter patination petroglyphs pipe Plate polished quagga raised beach round scraper shape shell shows side similar skulls Smithfield snuff snuff-boxes South African Museum specimens stem Stone Age strap Style Table Mountain sandstone teeth text-fig Title Total length Transkei upper bowl Vosburg Width across foot width of blade Width of handle width of sheath wire wood Wooden mouthpiece XXIV