Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1972 - Natural history |
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Page 184
... horn spoons made for the purpose . . . . ' ( 1829 ) Rose p . 80 Xhosa : horn spoons " There are few arts among savages , for there are few wants : with the Kaffers , the assegai and kirri , a small club , suffice for war and the chase ...
... horn spoons made for the purpose . . . . ' ( 1829 ) Rose p . 80 Xhosa : horn spoons " There are few arts among savages , for there are few wants : with the Kaffers , the assegai and kirri , a small club , suffice for war and the chase ...
Page 185
... horn spoons ' Amacepe enziwa ngabantu abamnyama ngala enziwa ngomti , neselwa , nopondo lwenkunzi yegusha nolwenkomo . ' [ Spoons are made of wood , calabash , ram's horn or horns of cattle . ] para . 42 Fingo , Mpondomise , Thembu ...
... horn spoons ' Amacepe enziwa ngabantu abamnyama ngala enziwa ngomti , neselwa , nopondo lwenkunzi yegusha nolwenkomo . ' [ Spoons are made of wood , calabash , ram's horn or horns of cattle . ] para . 42 Fingo , Mpondomise , Thembu ...
Page 186
... horn , as they still are today . In 1948 a Xesibe informant gave as the tools that were used for this craft in her youth an axe ( izembe ) for splitting the bone or horn , a stick for shaping horn articles after first heating the horn ...
... horn , as they still are today . In 1948 a Xesibe informant gave as the tools that were used for this craft in her youth an axe ( izembe ) for splitting the bone or horn , a stick for shaping horn articles after first heating the horn ...
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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