Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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1851-2 King ( 1853 ) pp . 170-171 Xhosa : club ' Game they often kill with the knob - kerrie , a short club , two or three feet long , generally made out of an olive stock , or shaped out of rhinoceros ' horn , which they throw with ...
1851-2 King ( 1853 ) pp . 170-171 Xhosa : club ' Game they often kill with the knob - kerrie , a short club , two or three feet long , generally made out of an olive stock , or shaped out of rhinoceros ' horn , which they throw with ...
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... club , D Hlu ( Griqualand East ) only 412 igqudu 1. short stick with big knob , D X Mp and all of Griqualand East ; club , knobkerrie ( X - McLaren 1915 ) . 2. stick with small knob , Mp Xes Bh 413 impondla ( -phondla take the outside ...
... club , D Hlu ( Griqualand East ) only 412 igqudu 1. short stick with big knob , D X Mp and all of Griqualand East ; club , knobkerrie ( X - McLaren 1915 ) . 2. stick with small knob , Mp Xes Bh 413 impondla ( -phondla take the outside ...
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... club would be an adze and a spear - blade , or , latterly , a store - bought knife . Occasionally clubs were made of rhinoceros horn , but by the middle of the last century the beast was becoming extinct in that area . Today the clubs ...
... club would be an adze and a spear - blade , or , latterly , a store - bought knife . Occasionally clubs were made of rhinoceros horn , but by the middle of the last century the beast was becoming extinct in that area . Today the clubs ...
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