. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: THE USES OF HORN, BONE AND IVORY 129 CMr—I—I—I Fig. 41. Mpondo bone snuff-spoon (Type 1), Port St. Johns, 1973, SAM-10204. A variation of this type was seen in an example which flanges at the butt of the handle instead of ending in a point (Fig. 42).. CM I t I—r Fig. 42. Mpondo bone snuff-spoon, Pondoland, 1932, UCT 32/62c. Snuff-spoons with forked handles The typical example of this type has a two-or three-pronged handle, a narrow neck and an almond-shaped bowl (Fig. 43A). Incised
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: THE USES OF HORN, BONE AND IVORY 129 CMr—I—I—I Fig. 41. Mpondo bone snuff-spoon (Type 1), Port St. Johns, 1973, SAM-10204. A variation of this type was seen in an example which flanges at the butt of the handle instead of ending in a point (Fig. 42).. CM I t I—r Fig. 42. Mpondo bone snuff-spoon, Pondoland, 1932, UCT 32/62c. Snuff-spoons with forked handles The typical example of this type has a two-or three-pronged handle, a narrow neck and an almond-shaped bowl (Fig. 43A). Incised, blackened cross- hatching on the neck is the most common form of decoration (SAM-78b, E. Pondoland 1901; UCT 32/62Z7, d, Pondoland, 1932). One example which was seen has five short prongs, a narrow neck and large leaf-shaped bowl. It is decorated with incised circles on the neck and the flat area above the prongs, and cross-hatching on the underside of the neck (Fig. 43B). The pronged end of a snuflf-spoon was used in hairdressing and was also referred to as a comb (DC 1634, Pondoland). Bomvana, Mpondomise, Mfengu, Hlubi, Bhaca, Xesibe No information was recorded. MISCELLANEOUS Awls Xhosa A bone awl was used by the Xhosa when making a snuff-box of paste (Fleming 1853: 205). SUMMARY The most common use of bone was for small snufF-spoons which were recorded among the Xhosa, Thembu, and Mpondo, and which are still made in. 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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