. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 296 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 112. Ndebele women drumming, Tjolotjo, 1973. They were carved of soft wood, umganu (Sclerocarya caffra (Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk 1962: 55, 1320)) (Tjolotjo, 1973). Drums were not a Zulu item of culture and were not used by the Zansi and Enhla higher castes who were mainly Zulu in origin (Hughes &. Van Velsen 1955: 62). PERSONAL OBJECTS HAIRPINS In the 1830s, wooden pins, rounded at their thicker end and tapering to a very sharp point, were commonly
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 296 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 112. Ndebele women drumming, Tjolotjo, 1973. They were carved of soft wood, umganu (Sclerocarya caffra (Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk 1962: 55, 1320)) (Tjolotjo, 1973). Drums were not a Zulu item of culture and were not used by the Zansi and Enhla higher castes who were mainly Zulu in origin (Hughes &. Van Velsen 1955: 62). PERSONAL OBJECTS HAIRPINS In the 1830s, wooden pins, rounded at their thicker end and tapering to a very sharp point, were commonly stuck in the hair ready to be used to remove thorns from the hands and feet (Smith 1975: 277). EAR-STUDS A stud of wood was inserted to keep open the slit, a tribal mark, made in the ear-lobes of children aged about ten. By the 1950s this practice was falling into disuse (Hughes & Van Velsen 1955: 96). NECKLETS Term: ubande—nccklti worn by the family of the chief (Bulawayo 1973). Short lengths of wood about 1,5 cm long, indented at their centres and branded at each end, were strung interlinked to a length of about 70 cm, to. 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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