. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: CALABASHES 27 Thembu Calabash ladles were used as drinking-vessels (Kidd, 1925: pis 30-31; Qebe Valley, Engcobo, 1969). Bomvana The Bomvana used iumcepe\ a little ladle made by cutting a small calabash down the middle (Cook 1931: 57). Initiates used calabash scoops when eating the iinkobe maize (Holt 1969: 104, 105). A scoop (EL 4900, Mtonjane, Hole-in-the-Wall, 1967), was made from a calabash cut in half lengthwise. Mpondo Calabash spoons and ladles formed part of the household ut
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: CALABASHES 27 Thembu Calabash ladles were used as drinking-vessels (Kidd, 1925: pis 30-31; Qebe Valley, Engcobo, 1969). Bomvana The Bomvana used iumcepe\ a little ladle made by cutting a small calabash down the middle (Cook 1931: 57). Initiates used calabash scoops when eating the iinkobe maize (Holt 1969: 104, 105). A scoop (EL 4900, Mtonjane, Hole-in-the-Wall, 1967), was made from a calabash cut in half lengthwise. Mpondo Calabash spoons and ladles formed part of the household utensils (Hunter 1936: pi. 8b; UCT 23/166, Pondoland (Fig. 23); UCT 32/38, Flagstaff, Pondo- land (Fig. 24)). Informants (near Lwandile, Ngqeleni, 1939) used them for boiled mealies, water and beer. At Dikela Village, Libode (1969), they were used for water, beer and for small helpings of food taken when in a hurry. Mpondomise No information was found in the literature concerning the use of scoops, spoons and ladles, nor were any museum specimens seen. Mpondomise infor- mants at Tshixo, Tsolo (1969), mentioned that for scoops, umcephe, the long- necked type of calabash was CM. I I I I I I I Fig. 23. Mpondo scoop, Pondoland, 1923, UCT 23 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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