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A shield - maker still active in the Mount Ayliff area in 1969 made small shields for young men engaging in stick fights . He wet the prepared skin before cutting it into an oval shape and making slits through which decorative strips ...
A shield - maker still active in the Mount Ayliff area in 1969 made small shields for young men engaging in stick fights . He wet the prepared skin before cutting it into an oval shape and making slits through which decorative strips ...
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The stick , which was slightly longer than the shield , served to maintain the shape and rigidity of the shield . At the top it was decorated with a tuft of furry genet ( insimba ) skin or cow tail , or feathers ( Fynn ( 1824–61 ] 1950 ...
The stick , which was slightly longer than the shield , served to maintain the shape and rigidity of the shield . At the top it was decorated with a tuft of furry genet ( insimba ) skin or cow tail , or feathers ( Fynn ( 1824–61 ] 1950 ...
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top two sticks were sewn . The bellows worker pumped the two bags up and down alternately ( Fig . 43 ) and , by manipulating the sticks , allowed air into the bag on the upstroke and closed it on the downstroke , forcing air through the ...
top two sticks were sewn . The bellows worker pumped the two bags up and down alternately ( Fig . 43 ) and , by manipulating the sticks , allowed air into the bag on the upstroke and closed it on the downstroke , forcing air through the ...
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| Title | Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 70, Issue 4 Annals of the South African Museum, South African Museum |
| Author | South African Museum |
| Publisher | South African Museum, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2016 |
| ISBN | 0868131024, 9780868131023 |
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