. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: WOOD-CARVING 267 (Kirby 1934: 208). Only one extraordinarily long, 215 cm, specimen was seen in the field (SAM-10065, Piggs Peak, 1971) (Fig. 84). The Swazi isitontolo was copied from the Sotho type, a cylindrical piece of wood 20 to 25 cm long, trimmed thinner at the centre and thickest at the tips, had two lengths of springy wood fitted into its wide ends. The tips of these two curved pieces of wood were grooved for the attachment of the string, which was also tied back to t
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: WOOD-CARVING 267 (Kirby 1934: 208). Only one extraordinarily long, 215 cm, specimen was seen in the field (SAM-10065, Piggs Peak, 1971) (Fig. 84). The Swazi isitontolo was copied from the Sotho type, a cylindrical piece of wood 20 to 25 cm long, trimmed thinner at the centre and thickest at the tips, had two lengths of springy wood fitted into its wide ends. The tips of these two curved pieces of wood were grooved for the attachment of the string, which was also tied back to the central 'barrel'. Only men played this bow (Kirby 1934: 228, 232, 234). ^r»>.^iJLt-. !ll\. 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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