. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: WOOD-CARVING 229. Fig. 56. Zizi bowl, ukhamba, Bergville, 1969, SAM-9640. The wood used was indelo (indolo, Lasiosiphon anthylloides (Watt & Breyer- Brandwijk 1962: 1409)), which was carved with an axe and an adze, and with a sickle used as a scraper (Bergville, 1969). The untreated surface was branded with a piece of heated iron. The maker said wooden bowls were not widely used since clay ones were cheaper (Bergville, 1969). The same term was used for both. At Bulwer (1969) an
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: WOOD-CARVING 229. Fig. 56. Zizi bowl, ukhamba, Bergville, 1969, SAM-9640. The wood used was indelo (indolo, Lasiosiphon anthylloides (Watt & Breyer- Brandwijk 1962: 1409)), which was carved with an axe and an adze, and with a sickle used as a scraper (Bergville, 1969). The untreated surface was branded with a piece of heated iron. The maker said wooden bowls were not widely used since clay ones were cheaper (Bergville, 1969). The same term was used for both. At Bulwer (1969) an informant said that the Ngwane did not use wooden bowls. Msinga area, southern Natal No information was obtained. MORTARS AND PESTLES Term: isigqulo — . . mortar, stamp block, pounding-block (Doke & Vilakazi 1964). General Mortars and pestles are not unknown, but are not often used. One intbrmant (Keat's Drift, Msinga, 1969) said that they were 'not used by the Zulu'. The only example seen was at Tshongwe (1970) where there is strong Swazi and Tsonga influence. Nevertheless the term exists. SPOONS, SCOOPS, LADLES AND STIRRERS Terms: isicakulo—\a.(l\Q (used to be made of wood, calabash or burnt clay); ukhezo—spoon (of any kind, whether carved of wood, formed of a split gourd, or of metal), imbuzi yokhezo (the goat belonging to the spoon, a goat given to a recently married girl by her father at the time of her commencing to eat curdled milk at her husband's kraal); isigwedlela—a dipper, ladle; ikhamanzi—v/ater-ladlQ, water-dipper; intonyane—l. small beer pot; 2. ladle; ingxwembe. 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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