. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE 167 Pipes In the past dagga, hadje, was smoked through a water-pipe that consisted of a stone pipe-bowl, gagana (see p. 146), a reed, khetomela, and an ox-horn water-vessel, naga la khomo. The ox-horn did not require special preparation. The dagga was placed in the bowl and the reed formed the pipe-stem that was inserted into the horn of water so that the smoker could draw the smoke through the water when he inhaled deeply at the mouth of the horn. Snuff-boxes Horn snuff-boxes
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE 167 Pipes In the past dagga, hadje, was smoked through a water-pipe that consisted of a stone pipe-bowl, gagana (see p. 146), a reed, khetomela, and an ox-horn water-vessel, naga la khomo. The ox-horn did not require special preparation. The dagga was placed in the bowl and the reed formed the pipe-stem that was inserted into the horn of water so that the smoker could draw the smoke through the water when he inhaled deeply at the mouth of the horn. Snuff-boxes Horn snuff-boxes were introduced by Tsonga-speakers and their use was adopted mainly by Lobedu men. The form of the snuff-boxes (Fig. 102A-B) fol- lows the natural shape of a horn. A hole is bored from the existing hollow through the solid tip of the horn. The wide part of the opening is then closed with a plug of wood or gourd and the narrow mouth is fitted with a small stop- per. It is not uncommon for a horn snuff-box to have a carved ridge near the mouth and a thong tied below the ridge. In an unusual example (Fig. 102A) col- lected in the 1930s a human figure has been carved following the natural shape of the horn. Tools 1. Rolling-tool An ox-horn, flattened on one side, is used as a tool, khehotho, to coil wire round a foundation of tail hair in making wire arm- and legrings, 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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