Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58The Museum, 1974 - Natural history |
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Page 226
... sharpened and hardened by fire . The cultivator squatted on her heels , held the stick in both hands , and dug with the sharpened point . Iron was smelted , and iron hoes are said to have been made before contact with Europeans , but ...
... sharpened and hardened by fire . The cultivator squatted on her heels , held the stick in both hands , and dug with the sharpened point . Iron was smelted , and iron hoes are said to have been made before contact with Europeans , but ...
Page 231
... sharpened stick used for cultivation ( Fgo - Kawa p . 84 ) 313 ikhuba 1. ( Em ) originally iron pick or hoe the pointed end of which was put through a wooden handle ; now it means an ordinary Kafir hoe ; a plough , D XT Bo Mp Mpm Fgo ...
... sharpened stick used for cultivation ( Fgo - Kawa p . 84 ) 313 ikhuba 1. ( Em ) originally iron pick or hoe the pointed end of which was put through a wooden handle ; now it means an ordinary Kafir hoe ; a plough , D XT Bo Mp Mpm Fgo ...
Page 277
... sharpened piece of iron called igcaguba , usually by an old woman of the kraal . ' p . 271 Bhaca : knife as lancet ' These preliminaries over , the inyanga takes a sharpened iron ( igcakuba ) and makes nicks on the scalp , hair ridge ...
... sharpened piece of iron called igcaguba , usually by an old woman of the kraal . ' p . 271 Bhaca : knife as lancet ' These preliminaries over , the inyanga takes a sharpened iron ( igcakuba ) and makes nicks on the scalp , hair ridge ...
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