Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1972 - Natural history |
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... usually on the slopes of a mountain or hill to ensure good drainage . Each concentration consists of a number of hut groups , consisting of four or five dwellings built in a row and facing a cattle byre and perhaps a garden fenced with ...
... usually on the slopes of a mountain or hill to ensure good drainage . Each concentration consists of a number of hut groups , consisting of four or five dwellings built in a row and facing a cattle byre and perhaps a garden fenced with ...
Page 159
... usually spoken of as a technique on its own . Each of these two techniques , woven and sewn , has a number of varieties . In woven work the way in which the elements are inter- laced may be chequer , twilled ( Pl . 30 : 4 ) , wrapped ...
... usually spoken of as a technique on its own . Each of these two techniques , woven and sewn , has a number of varieties . In woven work the way in which the elements are inter- laced may be chequer , twilled ( Pl . 30 : 4 ) , wrapped ...
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... usually sit on a platform ( iqonga ) erected in the fields , and shout at the birds or fling lumps of mud from the end of a pliant stick ( intsawulo ) ( Pl . 34 : 1 ) . Temporary huts ( iphempe ) are erected at the edges of the fields ...
... usually sit on a platform ( iqonga ) erected in the fields , and shout at the birds or fling lumps of mud from the end of a pliant stick ( intsawulo ) ( Pl . 34 : 1 ) . Temporary huts ( iphempe ) are erected at the edges of the fields ...
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