Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1976 - Natural history |
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... Terms : izembhe - a piece of iron , 2 or 3 inches ( 5 to 8 cm ) broad at the edge , running to a point which was put through a handle ; an axe ; umphini — handle , haft , of an axe or hoe ( Kropf 1915 ) . General An axe , not truly an ...
... Terms : izembhe - a piece of iron , 2 or 3 inches ( 5 to 8 cm ) broad at the edge , running to a point which was put through a handle ; an axe ; umphini — handle , haft , of an axe or hoe ( Kropf 1915 ) . General An axe , not truly an ...
Page 373
... Terms : umchilo - rope , cord or leather riem ; umdwishi - long strip ( as of cloth or hide ) ; umnsalela— . . . belt , thong for tying ; uqhotho - riem , dry thong ; umtilikisho — smooth thong ; inkhulathi — leather binding placed over ...
... Terms : umchilo - rope , cord or leather riem ; umdwishi - long strip ( as of cloth or hide ) ; umnsalela— . . . belt , thong for tying ; uqhotho - riem , dry thong ; umtilikisho — smooth thong ; inkhulathi — leather binding placed over ...
Page 375
... terms was found . Lindblom ( 1940 : 29 ) sug- gested that the use of the sling was learnt from white farm children but the terms seem to contradict this . WHIPS Terms : isampokwe - sjambok , thick strip of hippopotamus hide used as a ...
... terms was found . Lindblom ( 1940 : 29 ) sug- gested that the use of the sling was learnt from white farm children but the terms seem to contradict this . WHIPS Terms : isampokwe - sjambok , thick strip of hippopotamus hide used as a ...
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