. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 298 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM vale, 1973). The second example was said to have been carved in imitation of a clay pot, and had a bulbous base narrowing to a neck, and a curved 'handle' to one side. The neck was decorated with a ring of cattle-horn. It was 7 cm high, with the diameter of the base 4 cm. The snuff-boxes were carved of umbambangwe heart-wood (Dalbergia melanoxylon (Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk 1962: 1318)). The carver, a self-taught boy, cut down the tree with an axe and left it
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 298 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM vale, 1973). The second example was said to have been carved in imitation of a clay pot, and had a bulbous base narrowing to a neck, and a curved 'handle' to one side. The neck was decorated with a ring of cattle-horn. It was 7 cm high, with the diameter of the base 4 cm. The snuff-boxes were carved of umbambangwe heart-wood (Dalbergia melanoxylon (Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk 1962: 1318)). The carver, a self-taught boy, cut down the tree with an axe and left it to dry lest it crack during carving. It was then cut into workable sections with a saw, and, to make the tortoise- shaped boxes, planed smooth. The design was drawn on to the wood, the inside cavity was made, and then the outside was carved with an adze and small chisels. Some of the carver's tools were modified from his father's paint scrapers (Fig. 114). The finished carving was smoothed with sandpaper but no fat was appHed (Essexvale, 1973). WEAPONS AXE-HAFTS Terms: /A/oA:a —chopping-axe (Hughes & Van Velsen 1955: 61); imbemba^b&ttle axe (Hughes & Summers 1955: 784); ibemba-axe (Tjolotjo, 1973). Axes were not among traditional ( Zulu) Matabele weapons (Hughes & Summers 1955: 784), but were used with great effect by the Shona, Kalanga and Swazi, and were possibly adopted from them by the lowest Matabele caste (Hughes & Summers 1955: 784). The axe, imbemba, was made by fixing a Shona axe-head at right angles to the head of a Matabele club (Hughes &. Fig. 114. Tools used by Ndebele snuff-box maker, Essexvale, 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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