. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE HI Stir porridge as it thickens and to serve the stiff porridge from the cooking-pot into calabashes or wooden dishes in smooth, evenly rounded cakes. The rim round the bowl of a spoon used for serving porridge prevents the hot porridge from running over the sides and allows a smooth cake of porridge to be formed (Krige 1981 pers. comm.). Spoons without rims are used mainly for stirring or scraping down the sides of the cooking-pot. Smaller spoons are used for prepar- ing reli
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE HI Stir porridge as it thickens and to serve the stiff porridge from the cooking-pot into calabashes or wooden dishes in smooth, evenly rounded cakes. The rim round the bowl of a spoon used for serving porridge prevents the hot porridge from running over the sides and allows a smooth cake of porridge to be formed (Krige 1981 pers. comm.). Spoons without rims are used mainly for stirring or scraping down the sides of the cooking-pot. Smaller spoons are used for prepar- ing relish in fairly small pots. Wooden spoons are still made and they are in daily domestic use. Washing with abrasive sandstone eventually gives the spoon a smooth, seasoned patina. 6. Stirrers The traditional stirrer or twirler, lefhethd (Fig. 57), was made from motome (Adina microcephala) wood. Young motdme trees have a central branch from which shoots radiate out in a whorl. The twirler was cut and. Fig. 57. Traditional stirrer, lefhethd, SAM-9698, Krige Collection, 1936-8. trimmed from the growing tops of young trees, which gave the utensil its typical form. A newer wire stirrer, lefhethd la darada, is now popular. This is made from a straight rod of wood (usually moataba) with two wire rings attached at one end (Fig. 56). A lefthethd is used in the early stages of cooking porridge to prevent lumps forming when the meal is added gradually to a pot of boiling water. A woman rotates the stirrer between her palms so that the porridge is mixed with a rapid twirling action. When the porridge thickens she changes to the heavier lefo. 1. Stools and headrests Stools, zwidulo, are made from any tree that has branches of appropriate natural shape. In the khoro men sit on these seats while discussing village mat- ters (Fig. 58A). In summer they are usually found under a large shady tree and in winter or cold evenings round the fire-place in the khoro. Smaller Please note that these
Size: 3374px × 741px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectnaturalhistory, booky
