. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE 113 carved from logs, are found in cooking-huts. Riempie chairs (Fig. 58B), based on those seen in farmers' homes, were made by some carvers in the 1930s and were still made in the 1970s. The most common headrest, kheseamelo, is simply a block of wood or a bundle of old rags placed under the sleeping-mat. Two carved headrests (Fig. 59A-B) were collected in the Lobedu area in the 1930s but such headrests. cm Fig. 59. Headrests, zwiseamelo. A. SAM-9730. B. SAM-9731, made by a Ts
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE 113 carved from logs, are found in cooking-huts. Riempie chairs (Fig. 58B), based on those seen in farmers' homes, were made by some carvers in the 1930s and were still made in the 1970s. The most common headrest, kheseamelo, is simply a block of wood or a bundle of old rags placed under the sleeping-mat. Two carved headrests (Fig. 59A-B) were collected in the Lobedu area in the 1930s but such headrests. cm Fig. 59. Headrests, zwiseamelo. A. SAM-9730. B. SAM-9731, made by a Tsonga craftsman. (Both Krige Collection, 1936-8.) were not widely used. One is known to have been made by a Tsonga craftsman and present-day Lobedu woodworkers confirmed that carving of this nature was done mainly by Tsonga speakers. 8. Strainers A wooden strainer for beer, sefd ya hothodo vyalwa (Fig. 60A-B), is a fairly recent addition to Lobedu household equipment. It can strain much larger. 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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