Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 94The Museum, 1984 - Natural history |
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... shape , and design vary greatly . These and pots for drinking beer , which are the most ornately decorated pots , are used for entertaining . In the 1930s an elliptical - shaped pot , thukhwana ya lebile ( SAM - 9793 ) , said to have ...
... shape , and design vary greatly . These and pots for drinking beer , which are the most ornately decorated pots , are used for entertaining . In the 1930s an elliptical - shaped pot , thukhwana ya lebile ( SAM - 9793 ) , said to have ...
Page 150
... shape or texture , were used as nut - crackers , grinders , and smoothers . The abrasive lehutô was and still is widely used for scouring utensils , and the ' loofah ' plant , leshokhotô ( Luffa aegyptiaca ) provides an effective ...
... shape or texture , were used as nut - crackers , grinders , and smoothers . The abrasive lehutô was and still is widely used for scouring utensils , and the ' loofah ' plant , leshokhotô ( Luffa aegyptiaca ) provides an effective ...
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... shape , graded and positioned so that the largest calabash is the resonator for the deepest note . Near the closed end of each resonator there is a small hole with resin on the rim and covered with pieces of spider's web which vibrate ...
... shape , graded and positioned so that the largest calabash is the resonator for the deepest note . Near the closed end of each resonator there is a small hole with resin on the rim and covered with pieces of spider's web which vibrate ...
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abdominal segments absent adults Agraulomyrmex antennae apex Aphodius apical base beer beetles calabash Cape Province Cape Town capensis caudal clay clypeus colour cornuta cow-pats cristatus Dermestes disc distal dorsal fin dorsal view drums dung E. J. Krige elongate elytra Epipharynx Fabricius fairly fibres fin rays Galea genus grass hairs head holotype horn Hypopharynx khôrô Krige & Krige Krige Collection Labrum lacinia laetus large numbers larvae lateral margin left lateral view left mandible legs length lobe Lobedu long setae longitudinal maculatus maize mandible material culture maxilla mesenteries mesothoracic Modjadji's village molar area palp Palpifer Peringuey posterior Preactis prejuveniles procerus pronotum Ptychodactiaria Pupa right mandible Scarabaeidae sclerotized sensory setae setae present shiny similar skin South African Museum species spine-like setae spines spiracles stridulatory strong setae suture teeth tooth Trachipterus traditional transverse row tubercles utensils ventral ventral side ventral view vyali wide women wood