. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE 125. Fig. 69. Stringed instruments. A. Khedzholo, SAM-9819. B. (Both Krige Collection, 1936-8.) Kheddlodolo. SAM-9821. String is struck with a thin stick or reed. It is usually played by unmarried men on its own as an accompaniment to a song (Kirby 1934: 207). The khedzhold (Fig. 69A) is an instrument that is played so that certain harmonics of the string are isolated to produce a melody. The stave is usually carved from a branch of soft wood about 80-90 cm long and 6 cm in di
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE 125. Fig. 69. Stringed instruments. A. Khedzholo, SAM-9819. B. (Both Krige Collection, 1936-8.) Kheddlodolo. SAM-9821. String is struck with a thin stick or reed. It is usually played by unmarried men on its own as an accompaniment to a song (Kirby 1934: 207). The khedzhold (Fig. 69A) is an instrument that is played so that certain harmonics of the string are isolated to produce a melody. The stave is usually carved from a branch of soft wood about 80-90 cm long and 6 cm in diameter. The bark is removed, a flat surface formed along one side of the wood, and the pith hollowed out, leaving one end solid. Through this end a hole is bored and a tapered peg fitted. A wire is attached to the upper end of the tuning-peg and to the opposite end of the wooden stave or sounding-board. A notch on the stave makes it easier to hold the khedzhold steady when in use. A small friction-bow for playing the instrument consists of a stick about 10 cm long with a string of tail hairs or plant fibre attached to notches at the ends of the stick. The player holds the khedzhold with the open end resting on his left shoulder. A calabash or tin resonator is often placed over the end to increase the sound produced by stroking the wire with the bow held in the right hand, and varying the tension of the string with the left hand. Only men play this in- strument, either alone or to accompany a song. The kheddlodolo (Fig. 69B) is a musical bow in which the harmonics of the string are used in conjunction with their fundamentals to produce the melody. The bow stave, which is always thicker in the centre than at the ends, is con- structed in one of two ways—it may be carved as a whole from a solid branch of flexible wood or the central part and the ends may be carved separately and then fitted together. In the latter case it is usual for two different kinds of wood to be used—a f
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