. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 98 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM The soft fabric allows the basket to be tightly packed with grain, and it is said then to be impervious to water, rats and weevils. A mat or lid is placed over the mouth and the bin stands on stones in a store hut or in the open, with or without a roof. In Hlubi huts Weitz noticed grain stored on clay shelves 'hanging' from the walls. These might be the ithala (see huts) which were not usually put to this purpose in other tribes. III. ENCLOSURES AND HUTS 1. Udlad
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 98 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM The soft fabric allows the basket to be tightly packed with grain, and it is said then to be impervious to water, rats and weevils. A mat or lid is placed over the mouth and the bin stands on stones in a store hut or in the open, with or without a roof. In Hlubi huts Weitz noticed grain stored on clay shelves 'hanging' from the walls. These might be the ithala (see huts) which were not usually put to this purpose in other tribes. III. ENCLOSURES AND HUTS 1. Udladla (PI. 17:2 & 4) (or ingobo Mp) a high wicker enclosure, standing in the open, said to have had a conical roof, but not often seen with one now. This is primarily for storing maize on the cob, but may be used for other crops. The cobs reserved for seed may be hung on racks in the udladla. This store was still commonly seen in 1971 in Xhosa coastal areas, and rarely among the Thembu and western Mpondo but not elsewhere. It seems likely that it was adopted from a similar article used by European farmers. 2. inyango [unyango, Mp Xes Bh ixhanti (Kay).] (PI. 17:1). This was originally a small hut, similar to the beehive living-huts, but built on a platform with a mat floor, raised on poles about 2 m above the ground (text-fig. 13). According to Backhouse it was plastered with dung as well as thatched. It is. INYANGO Fig. 13. 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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