. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. B Fig. 76. Swazi headrests. A. Mbabane, 1962, SAM-8663. ridge, 1939, NASKO 8076. Length 40 cm. B. Bushbuck- Only one specimen of a different type was noted. The rectangular cross- piece curved at the centre, and extended beyond the two soHd square legs. It was undecorated (Ingwavuma, 1970). Headrests were carved from the solid (NASKO ET 1971/9, Embuzini, 1971). The only wood recorded was munyathi (Ingwavuma, 1970). The tools used by an informant at Ingwavuma (1970) were a bush-knife for carving and s

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. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. B Fig. 76. Swazi headrests. A. Mbabane, 1962, SAM-8663. ridge, 1939, NASKO 8076. Length 40 cm. B. Bushbuck- Only one specimen of a different type was noted. The rectangular cross- piece curved at the centre, and extended beyond the two soHd square legs. It was undecorated (Ingwavuma, 1970). Headrests were carved from the solid (NASKO ET 1971/9, Embuzini, 1971). The only wood recorded was munyathi (Ingwavuma, 1970). The tools used by an informant at Ingwavuma (1970) were a bush-knife for carving and sandpaper for final smoothing. Fat from around the heart of any animal, except the pig, was rubbed into the wood to prevent cracks and to give it 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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