. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 208 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS HOE-HAFTS Terms: umphini—haft, handle (of axe, hoe); igeja—Native hoe. igeja lemikhono (hand hoe . .); ilembe—na\.i\Q hoe (almost obsolete term for igeja); unguqu—old type of native hand hoe; ikhuba—hoe (Doke & Vilakazi 1964); imphini yamegeja—hoe haft (Duggan-Cronin 1938, pi. 106). General Metal-headed hoes were used by all Natal Nguni groups. Hoe-hafts were fairly long, straight sticks with a club-like head into which the tang of th
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 208 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS HOE-HAFTS Terms: umphini—haft, handle (of axe, hoe); igeja—Native hoe. igeja lemikhono (hand hoe . .); ilembe—na\.i\Q hoe (almost obsolete term for igeja); unguqu—old type of native hand hoe; ikhuba—hoe (Doke & Vilakazi 1964); imphini yamegeja—hoe haft (Duggan-Cronin 1938, pi. 106). General Metal-headed hoes were used by all Natal Nguni groups. Hoe-hafts were fairly long, straight sticks with a club-like head into which the tang of the metal hoe-head was fixed at right angles (Fig. 34) (Angas 1974: 75; Shooter 1857, pi. 2; Kidd 1925, pi. 73; Duggan-Cronin 1938, pi. 106; Schlosser 1972: 196). Malcolm suggested that hoe-hafts were made by speciaHsts (Duggan- Cronin 1938, pi. 106) (Fig. 35). No information was found, however, on the. Fig. 34. Zulu woman with hoe. (After Angas 1849: 75.). 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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