Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... throwing either in war or hunting . It is also used as the surgical instrument in circumcision . 4. In - Tshuntshe . Typical throwing assegai with a longish blade but narrow . 5. Isi - Gixi . Also carrying a long blade but with a short ...
... throwing either in war or hunting . It is also used as the surgical instrument in circumcision . 4. In - Tshuntshe . Typical throwing assegai with a longish blade but narrow . 5. Isi - Gixi . Also carrying a long blade but with a short ...
Page 316
... throwing at game , D X Bo T Hlu . 2. short heavily - knobbed stick ; club , cudgel , knobkerrie ( X - McLaren 1915 ) 3. with fluted head ( X - Soga ) 410 iggebha ( -ggebha smash , break skull or window with stick ) 1. knobkerrie , club ...
... throwing at game , D X Bo T Hlu . 2. short heavily - knobbed stick ; club , cudgel , knobkerrie ( X - McLaren 1915 ) 3. with fluted head ( X - Soga ) 410 iggebha ( -ggebha smash , break skull or window with stick ) 1. knobkerrie , club ...
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... throwing spears , one for stabbing . Stabbing spears which were broad bladed and heavier were , however , used by all at close quarters and in an emergency the shaft of a throwing spear would be broken off to make a handier weapon for ...
... throwing spears , one for stabbing . Stabbing spears which were broad bladed and heavier were , however , used by all at close quarters and in an emergency the shaft of a throwing spear would be broken off to make a handier weapon for ...
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According Alberti animals assegai Baines baskets beer Bhaca bird-lime birds Bizana blade Bo Mp Bomvana bows and arrows boys bundle Bushmen Caffre calabash Cape Nguni Cape tribes carried cattle chief club confirmed Curtisia diameter Döhne eene eenen Elliotdale 1948 Fingo fire-sticks fish Fritsch grain grass grinding-stones Griqualand East ground Hammond-Tooke hand handle hide Hlubi Hottentots Hunter hunting intonga iron isithebe Kaffir kill Kiri knife knobbed sticks knobkerries kraal Lichtenstein 1811 Lusikisiki maize meat milk milk-basket milk-sack mortar and pestle mortars Mp Xes Mpondo Mpondomise Mt Ayliff noose okanye pestle PLATE plough Pondoland pots pron quiver Schild shaft Shaw shield Xhosa skin snare sneezewood Soga Sotho spade spear spears Xhosa spoon stabbing Stavenisse stone Thembu thong threshing throwing Transkei trap umnqayi Umtata utensils weapons Willowvale women wood wooden wordt X-McLaren Xes Bh Xesibe zeer zich zijn Zoll