Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1976 - Natural history |
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Page 90
... hollow . A base of wood is fitted to the horn and secured with small metal tacks hammered in from the outer surface of the horn . Mpondo According to Backhouse ( 1844 : 269 ) the Mpondo used horn snuff - boxes . No description , however ...
... hollow . A base of wood is fitted to the horn and secured with small metal tacks hammered in from the outer surface of the horn . Mpondo According to Backhouse ( 1844 : 269 ) the Mpondo used horn snuff - boxes . No description , however ...
Page 105
... hollow of the horn ( Fig . 19 ) : a . Horn - shaped boxes , using both the solid tip and the hollow b . Boxes made from a section of the hollow part of the horn . Zululand Grout ( 1862 : 108 ) remarked that among the Zulu snuff - taking ...
... hollow of the horn ( Fig . 19 ) : a . Horn - shaped boxes , using both the solid tip and the hollow b . Boxes made from a section of the hollow part of the horn . Zululand Grout ( 1862 : 108 ) remarked that among the Zulu snuff - taking ...
Page 110
... hollow interior , or the thickness of the horn may be thinned down so that the narrowest part of the natural hollow forms the mouth opening . In the latter case one can see from the unworked inner surface that no tools have been used to ...
... hollow interior , or the thickness of the horn may be thinned down so that the narrowest part of the natural hollow forms the mouth opening . In the latter case one can see from the unworked inner surface that no tools have been used to ...
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