. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ? ? a I ? A. B Fig. 58. Zulu spoons with carved and branded decoration. B. Ceza, 1964, DC 1097. A. Ceza, 1964, DC 1096. Plant 1905: 44; Aitchison 1917: 54; Krige 1950: 49) (Nqutu, 1969; Mahlaba- tini, 1970), although grain foods might be eaten with the fingers (Grossert 1968: 389). Personal spoons were kept in a small woven grass bag, isampontshe, and were identifiable by their decoration. A well-carved spoon is said to have had prestige value (Grossert 1968: 389, 390). Larger spoons were used to mak
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ? ? a I ? A. B Fig. 58. Zulu spoons with carved and branded decoration. B. Ceza, 1964, DC 1097. A. Ceza, 1964, DC 1096. Plant 1905: 44; Aitchison 1917: 54; Krige 1950: 49) (Nqutu, 1969; Mahlaba- tini, 1970), although grain foods might be eaten with the fingers (Grossert 1968: 389). Personal spoons were kept in a small woven grass bag, isampontshe, and were identifiable by their decoration. A well-carved spoon is said to have had prestige value (Grossert 1968: 389, 390). Larger spoons were used to make porridge and to serve food (Grossert 1968: 389; Mahlabatini, 1970) (Fig. 59), and deep-bowled spoons or ladles were used to pour water or beer (Grossert 1968: 389) (PE 158, Zululand, 1915). According to Krige (1950: 49), spoons were not to be left upright in a dish of food, lest the food stick in one's stomach. A spoon and a goat, called imbuzi yokhezo —'the goat belonging to the spoon'—had to be given to a young bride before she might eat amasi at her husband's homestead (Krige 1950: 154, 155; Doke & Vilakazi 1964: 392). Msinga area Spoons from the Msinga area Hke those of Zululand show a variety of shapes and sizes. A spatulate type, however, appears to be the most common. 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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