. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. cz UMQOLO (MPO. IJAKO) <r: X ^ UMQADI (MPO UMQOLO) ) ZIJ. Fig. 5 hut, one set fixed at right angles across the other, and resting on two or more wooden pillars {intsika) irregularly placed in the centre of the floor (text-fig. 5). The framework {uphahla) was strengthened by interlacing or binding to it withies, reeds, or bundles of grass, until the fabric was fairly close. The inside was then frequently, and by the Mpondo always, plastered {-tyabeka) as far as the bend for the roof, with the usual
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. cz UMQOLO (MPO. IJAKO) <r: X ^ UMQADI (MPO UMQOLO) ) ZIJ. Fig. 5 hut, one set fixed at right angles across the other, and resting on two or more wooden pillars {intsika) irregularly placed in the centre of the floor (text-fig. 5). The framework {uphahla) was strengthened by interlacing or binding to it withies, reeds, or bundles of grass, until the fabric was fairly close. The inside was then frequently, and by the Mpondo always, plastered {-tyabeka) as far as the bend for the roof, with the usual mixture of mud (udaka) and dung, smoothed over finally with liquid clay. Sometimes the outside was plastered too, to a certain height (the dome of the roof was not plastered or the smoke would not have been able to get out) before the whole was thatched down to the ground with grass (idobo, etc., etc.) tied on in bundles with monkey-rope or bast, working from the top to the bottom. The thatch was held down on the out- side with a criss-cross or network of plaited grass rope {umbeleso) or bark rope or monkey-rope over the whole hut (text-fig. 6). The vertical cords went from the centre top, down to the bottom where they were secured to the. 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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