. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 56 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. CM Mill Fig. 46. Swazi milk calabash, Mbabane, 1962, SAM-8699. Mbabane, 1962 (Fig. 46)) is covered with grass network with a loop for carrying. Informants at Enqabeneni Mission, Mankaiana (1962), and in the Magugu area, Ingwavuma (1970), used calabashes for sour milk, amasi. The hole in the bottom of the calabash was closed with a wad of the outside leaves of a bulb. WATER AND BEER FLASKS Terms: liqhaga—beer calabash (Myburgh 1949: 55); ibanga—calabash for holdi
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 56 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. CM Mill Fig. 46. Swazi milk calabash, Mbabane, 1962, SAM-8699. Mbabane, 1962 (Fig. 46)) is covered with grass network with a loop for carrying. Informants at Enqabeneni Mission, Mankaiana (1962), and in the Magugu area, Ingwavuma (1970), used calabashes for sour milk, amasi. The hole in the bottom of the calabash was closed with a wad of the outside leaves of a bulb. WATER AND BEER FLASKS Terms: liqhaga—beer calabash (Myburgh 1949: 55); ibanga—calabash for holding water (Magugu area, Ingwavuma, 1970). No information was obtained in the literature other than Myburgh's note of the term, nor were specimens seen in museums, but water and beer calabashes were seen in use at Enqabeneni Mission (1962), and in the Magugu area, Ingwa- vuma (1970). COSMETIC AND MEDICINE FLASKS Medicine flasks which form part of rituals have been classed as ritual objects. No information was obtained regarding the use of calabashes as ordinary medicine flasks or containers for 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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