. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: THE USES OF HORN, BONE AND IVORY 127 Xhosa An old Gcaleka specimen has an oval bowl and a short, fairly thick handle (Fig. 39A). It is attached to an old-style snuff-box made of a paste of skin scrapings, blood and clay. Thembii A bone snuff-spoon similar to the above example was collected among the Thembu by Dunn in the late nineteenth century (Fig. 39B). A. tJHi I Ml ^mhkr ----^—• B CM t I 1 1 Fig. 39. Bone snuff-spoons (Type 4). A. Gcaleka, Transkei, 1930, DC 1801. B. Thembu, ni
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: THE USES OF HORN, BONE AND IVORY 127 Xhosa An old Gcaleka specimen has an oval bowl and a short, fairly thick handle (Fig. 39A). It is attached to an old-style snuff-box made of a paste of skin scrapings, blood and clay. Thembii A bone snuff-spoon similar to the above example was collected among the Thembu by Dunn in the late nineteenth century (Fig. 39B). A. tJHi I Ml ^mhkr ----^—• B CM t I 1 1 Fig. 39. Bone snuff-spoons (Type 4). A. Gcaleka, Transkei, 1930, DC 1801. B. Thembu, nineteenth century, SAM-6935. Mpondo Bone snuff-spoons were mentioned by both nineteenth- and twentieth- century writers (Backhouse 1844: 265; Hunter 1936: 152), and Mpondo men still carve bone snuff-spoons today (Libode district, 1969; Port St Johns, 1974) (Fig. 40).They were frequently worn in the hair as ornaments (Duggan- Cronin 1949, pi. 41; Shaw & Van Warmelo 1972 MS.). Most of the bone snuff-spoons seen in museum collections are Mpondo specimens. They fall into two categories: those with unforked handles (Type 1) and those with forked handles (Type 3). Snuff-spoons with unforked handles A number of bone snuff-spoons which were examined have unforked, straight handles with almond-shaped bowls (SAM-78a, E. Pondoland, 1901; SAM-6682, Lusikisiki, 1948; UCT 32/62a, Flagstaff, 1932; EL 4758-59, Lusiki- siki, 1967; SAM-10204-10207, Port St Johns, 1973) (Fig. 41).. 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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