. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. UDLADLA Y^-"^^ (iBHOXOy -^ UTHANGO. Fig. I establishments that needed it, persisted longest in the eastern part of the terri- tory, before giving way universally to the semicircular arrangement, which though still to be seen near the coast (PL 2: i & 2), is itself now giving way to a straight row of huts, particularly in Thembuland, east Pondoland and Griqualand East (PL 3:1) whether or not there is a cattle-kraal attached to the homestead. Cattle are often, for a variety of reasons, kept at
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. UDLADLA Y^-"^^ (iBHOXOy -^ UTHANGO. Fig. I establishments that needed it, persisted longest in the eastern part of the terri- tory, before giving way universally to the semicircular arrangement, which though still to be seen near the coast (PL 2: i & 2), is itself now giving way to a straight row of huts, particularly in Thembuland, east Pondoland and Griqualand East (PL 3:1) whether or not there is a cattle-kraal attached to the homestead. Cattle are often, for a variety of reasons, kept at someone else's homestead. The kraal for calves and small stock {isihaya) may be attached to the cattle- kraal or built separately, in which case it is frequently, but not invariably, to the right of the great hut. Granaries and fowl-coops are placed haphazard in the open space between huts. The space between the main hut and the cattle-kraal is the inkundla, where guests are received, dances and functions are held and, at chief's places, court-cases are heard (PL 4). In each homestead, generally at the back of the cattle-kraal, there is usually at least one private garden where vegetables and tobacco are grown (PL 3:2). In the Ciskei, nowadays, many homesteads are without a garden or even a kraal. The main gardens or cultivated lands were, and still are, away from the homestead, often at some little distance, with other gardens of neigh- 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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