. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Fig. 3. Milk-pails. A. Bomvana, Elliotdale, 1935, NASKO 35/352. B. Mpondo, Bizana, 1901, SAM-248. Mpondo Mpondo milk-pails may have three or four short legs or feet which may be in line with the sides of the pail (SAM-9552, Libode, 1969) (Shaw & Van Warmelo 1980) or may project at an angle to the sides (SAM-248, Bizana, 1901; Albany C1350, Ntontela, no date; NASKO 35/441, Lusikisiki, 1935). The sides of the pail may be smooth (Albany CI350, Ntontela, no date), vertically grooved (SAM-248, Bizan
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. A Fig. 3. Milk-pails. A. Bomvana, Elliotdale, 1935, NASKO 35/352. B. Mpondo, Bizana, 1901, SAM-248. Mpondo Mpondo milk-pails may have three or four short legs or feet which may be in line with the sides of the pail (SAM-9552, Libode, 1969) (Shaw & Van Warmelo 1980) or may project at an angle to the sides (SAM-248, Bizana, 1901; Albany C1350, Ntontela, no date; NASKO 35/441, Lusikisiki, 1935). The sides of the pail may be smooth (Albany CI350, Ntontela, no date), vertically grooved (SAM-248, Bizana, 1901; SAM-9552, Libode, 1969) (Fig. 3B), or have sections of horizontal as well as vertical grooves, suggesting handles or grips (SAM-9552, Libode, 1969). One specimen seen had a bark strip tied round the legs so that it could be hung up (NASKO 35/441, Lusikisiki, 1935), and another specimen was strengthened by a leather thong which was bound round the top of the pail, with vertical thongs running down and fitting round the legs (Shaw & Van Warmelo 1980). Milk-pails were generally made of a soft wood (HW 2581, 2582, 2583, Lusikisiki, 1935), for example umhlandoti (Alhizia adianthifolia (Sim 1907: 214; Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk 1962: 553, 1320)). Milk-pails were amongst the wooden articles carved by most men, although in every district some men were acknowledged as especially skilled (Hunter 1936: 100) (Fig. 4). Nowadays a wood-carver may use a store-bought drill, ibola, and chisel, itshesolo, and a wooden mallet. The finishing, witn sandpaper. 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
Size: 1339px × 1866px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectnaturalhistory, booky
