. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: WOOD-CARVING 279 Besides that contained in the terms, no information on the Manala or Ndzundza knobbed sticks was found. A pair of sticks, one for striking and one for parrying, was used by Manala boys for fighting (Van Warmelo 1930: 33, 34). Ndzundza boys at initiation school carried a pair of 2 m-Iong whitened sticks formerly cut by the youths themselves, but nowadays given them by the chief (Weiss 1963: 62). The sticks described below could not be classified as weapons by functi
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: WOOD-CARVING 279 Besides that contained in the terms, no information on the Manala or Ndzundza knobbed sticks was found. A pair of sticks, one for striking and one for parrying, was used by Manala boys for fighting (Van Warmelo 1930: 33, 34). Ndzundza boys at initiation school carried a pair of 2 m-Iong whitened sticks formerly cut by the youths themselves, but nowadays given them by the chief (Weiss 1963: 62). The sticks described below could not be classified as weapons by function, but it is probable that they had their origin as sticks for defence. The ubhutshulo or udludlu was known by the Manala and the Ndzundza, and was a straight and slender 120 cm-long stick decorated at the top with ostrich feathers. It was used on ceremonial occasions (Van Warmelo 1930: 35, pi. facing p. 58; Weiss 1963: 73). Every Ndzundza family had an iidhmdlu heirloom which was passed to the eldest son when he married (Weiss 1963: 48). A bride holding a beaded 'stick of marriage' is illustrated by Tyrrell (1968: 88). This is possibly a modern version of the udludlu. Beaded dancing-sticks, chingwana, knobbed (NASKO 8420, Pokwani, 1941; NASKO 71/2, no locality, 1971; NASKO 67/90, Groblersdal, 1967), or with heads carved in other fanciful designs (Weiss 1963: 58; Tyrrell 1968: 88) were carried by Ndzundza women and children at dances. Another Ndzundza stick, apparently of recent origin, idondolo, with a tennis-ball head set on a straight wooden shaft, was beaded by a young woman and given to her father-in-law when he delivered the lobola cattle (Weiss 1963: 57) (Fig. 93). SUMMARY Very little wood-carving appears to have been done lately by this group although suitable material was available in the area occupied. There is no record of earher practice. Objects made differed from those used by southern Nguni groups. Mortars, for example, were not made because ground grain was pre
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