Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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... women Fetcani : implements ' They break up the ground with iron picks , or hoes . Men and women work in the fields . ' c . 1824-5 Smith pp . 77 , 258 p . 77 Xhosa : methods , spade Xhosa : reaping ' They generally enclose their gardens ...
... women Fetcani : implements ' They break up the ground with iron picks , or hoes . Men and women work in the fields . ' c . 1824-5 Smith pp . 77 , 258 p . 77 Xhosa : methods , spade Xhosa : reaping ' They generally enclose their gardens ...
Page 221
... women's work ' The Tambookie women are considered as the slaves of their husbands . . . . The cultivation of the gardens is likewise their incumbency . This labour they perform on their knees , with wooden spades . ' 1834 Godlonton ...
... women's work ' The Tambookie women are considered as the slaves of their husbands . . . . The cultivation of the gardens is likewise their incumbency . This labour they perform on their knees , with wooden spades . ' 1834 Godlonton ...
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... women helped to bring in the harvest . Elsewhere women do the harvesting but men appear always to have helped with threshing the corn , and latterly have driven the oxen that drag the sledges , in which it is carried home . Otherwise ...
... women helped to bring in the harvest . Elsewhere women do the harvesting but men appear always to have helped with threshing the corn , and latterly have driven the oxen that drag the sledges , in which it is carried home . Otherwise ...
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