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Page 93
... grain is stored in a bell - shaped pit ( isisele ) in the cattle kraal and the Bhaca maintain that they find the musty taste very appetising . The neighbouring Hlubi , however , dislike the custom and store their grain in large grain ...
... grain is stored in a bell - shaped pit ( isisele ) in the cattle kraal and the Bhaca maintain that they find the musty taste very appetising . The neighbouring Hlubi , however , dislike the custom and store their grain in large grain ...
Page 95
... grain and other crops that are not for immediate use . When first harvested , sorghum , maize , pumpkins , etc. , are either stacked on a raised platform ( iqonga ) out of doors ( Text fig . 11 ) , or hung from the roof , placed on a ...
... grain and other crops that are not for immediate use . When first harvested , sorghum , maize , pumpkins , etc. , are either stacked on a raised platform ( iqonga ) out of doors ( Text fig . 11 ) , or hung from the roof , placed on a ...
Page 97
... grain would or should be kept in the pits or elsewhere . It would probably depend on how sure the owner was of the dryness of the pit , since any damp or mildew would effect the power of germination . The majority favoured keeping the ...
... grain would or should be kept in the pits or elsewhere . It would probably depend on how sure the owner was of the dryness of the pit , since any damp or mildew would effect the power of germination . The majority favoured keeping the ...
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According Alberti animals assegai Bantu baskets basketwork beads beadwork beer Bhaca Bizana blade Bomvana Caffre calabash Cape Nguni Cape Town Cape tribes cattle cattle-kraal chief Ciskei clay club coiled colour confirmed corn diameter Döhne door eene eenen Elliotdale 1948 European fence Fingo fire fire-sticks fish Fritsch grain grass grinding-stones Hammond-Tooke hide Hlubi homestead horn Hottentots Hunter hunting iron isando Kaffir knob knobkerries kraal London Lusikisiki Lusikisiki 1948 maize Makalima milk milk-sack mortars Mp Xes Mpondo Mpondomise Mt Ayliff Museum natives ochre okanye PLATE poles Pondoland pots pottery roof rope round sedge sewn shape Shaw shield skin Smith sneezewood Soga Sotho South Africa spade spear spoon Stavenisse stick stone thatch Thembu thong Transkei trap Umtata utensils wall weapons Willowvale Willowvale 1948 women wood wooden wordt Xes Bh Xesibe Xhosa Zoll