. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: WOOD-CARVING 213 specimens seen had two square legs decorated with carving and branding (NASKO 8218, Bergville, 1939), or two pairs of rounded, undecorated legs (SAM-10216, Bergville, 1973) (Fig. 37C). Southern Natal Headrests from southern Natal consisted of a length of tree stem with the natural projections serving as legs, or a carved, narrow rectangular cross-piece supported by two pairs of straight legs, or by several pairs of short, rounded legs which were decorated with carv
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: WOOD-CARVING 213 specimens seen had two square legs decorated with carving and branding (NASKO 8218, Bergville, 1939), or two pairs of rounded, undecorated legs (SAM-10216, Bergville, 1973) (Fig. 37C). Southern Natal Headrests from southern Natal consisted of a length of tree stem with the natural projections serving as legs, or a carved, narrow rectangular cross-piece supported by two pairs of straight legs, or by several pairs of short, rounded legs which were decorated with carving and branding (Miiller 1912-13: 857, pi. 6). In 1969 headrests were no longer used by the Khuzi at Bulwer, STOOLS Terms: isenabo—fooisiooX or footrest; isenabelo—iooisXool (Doke & Vilakazi 1964); w//«/o—(Ngwane) stool (Bergville, 1969). General From the hterature it appears that the same object generally served both as stool and headrest. Some exceptions were noted in museum collections. Today, however, western-type stools are made. Zululand Three stools only were seen, all of them in museums. They were carved from the sohd. Two had round seats and three legs (Campbell, Lynn Acutt collection, MM 912, Zululand, no date; MVB 222, no locality, 1880), and the other had a curving rectangular seat and two legs (Campbell 189, no locality, no date) (Fig. 38). This stool is said to have been carved from a solid block of wood with a small knife by Dinizulu while prisoner on St Helena in 1896. All three stools had incised and branded *"t* ,-^^ffflC V. _ Fig. 38. Stool said to have been carved by Dinizulu, 1896, Campbell 189. Height c. 30 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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