Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1976 - Natural history |
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... information was obtained concerning the repair of calabashes . The only reference found in the literature was by Fynn , who stated that broken gourds were usually stitched with thread , but gave no details of the method . Among the ...
... information was obtained concerning the repair of calabashes . The only reference found in the literature was by Fynn , who stated that broken gourds were usually stitched with thread , but gave no details of the method . Among the ...
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... information was obtained about the cultivation of gourds by the northern Transvaal Ndebele . PREPARATION No information about the preparation of gourds was found in the literature . Recent field trips , however , showed that the method ...
... information was obtained about the cultivation of gourds by the northern Transvaal Ndebele . PREPARATION No information about the preparation of gourds was found in the literature . Recent field trips , however , showed that the method ...
Page 66
... information was obtained from the literature nor were any museum specimens seen . MEDICINE FLASKS According to Letwaba informants ( Pietersburg , 1967 ) , doctors used small beaded calabashes as medicine flasks . These were not seen ...
... information was obtained from the literature nor were any museum specimens seen . MEDICINE FLASKS According to Letwaba informants ( Pietersburg , 1967 ) , doctors used small beaded calabashes as medicine flasks . These were not seen ...
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Africa beads beer Bergville Bhaca Bomvana bone bowl branded Breyer-Brandwijk 1962 Bryant calabash Cape Nguni Cape Town carved ceremonies cloaks club cm long decorated diviner Doke & Vilakazi Drakensberg Drakensberg area Duggan-Cronin Essexvale Fynn Gitywa goatskin gourd Groblersdal Hammond-Tooke handle head headrests hide Hlubi hole horn information was obtained Ingwavuma ivory Kirby Krige Kropf Kuper ladle Libode literature London Mahlabatini Marwick medicine flasks Mfengu milk calabash milk-pail Mpondo Mpondomise Msinga area museum collections museum specimens musical bow NASKO Natal Natal Nguni Ndebele Ndzundza necklet Nguni nineteenth century Nongoma Northern Transvaal Ndebele Nqutu ornaments penis-sheaths Pietermaritzburg pipes recorded SAN DIEGO scoops shaft shape Shaw shields skin skin-dressing skirt snuff-box snuff-spoons South African Museum Southern Natal Southern Nguni specimens seen spoon stick Swazi Terms Thembu thongs Tjolotjo Transkei Tugela Ferry Warmelo Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk Webb & Wright women wood wooden worn Xesibe Xhosa Zulu Zululand