Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58The Museum, 1974 - Natural history |
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Page 206
... assegai maker , fixed the assegai heads to their shafts . He used the roots of the itywina tree ( Pterocelastrus variabilis Sond . ) which were burned and ground to a powder . The bore previously made in the wooden shaft is filled three ...
... assegai maker , fixed the assegai heads to their shafts . He used the roots of the itywina tree ( Pterocelastrus variabilis Sond . ) which were burned and ground to a powder . The bore previously made in the wooden shaft is filled three ...
Page 313
... ( Assegai ; Dutch - assegai - hout ; Kafir - Umgxina ) . It takes its English and Dutch names from its supposed use as handles for assegais , but it does not seem to be now used for that purpose . ' ( 1919 ) McLaren pp . 442 , 444 p . 442 ...
... ( Assegai ; Dutch - assegai - hout ; Kafir - Umgxina ) . It takes its English and Dutch names from its supposed use as handles for assegais , but it does not seem to be now used for that purpose . ' ( 1919 ) McLaren pp . 442 , 444 p . 442 ...
Page 318
... assegai , D , general 454 intsilathi 1. nD . 2. wet tail skin drawn over shaft , Mp , derived from umsila ' tail ' and root -thi ' stick ' 455 ( 230 ) ixokama 1. joint where blade of assegai is joined to shaft , D ; junction of blade ...
... assegai , D , general 454 intsilathi 1. nD . 2. wet tail skin drawn over shaft , Mp , derived from umsila ' tail ' and root -thi ' stick ' 455 ( 230 ) ixokama 1. joint where blade of assegai is joined to shaft , D ; junction of blade ...
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