. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ^,- ^ .J Fig. 16. Front and back views of shield, length 1065 mm, said to date from 1878, Cape Nguni (KM Y883B). PLATE 47 Shields and spear-shafts. 1. Point of stick, diameter 20 mm, Mpondo; Flagstaff 1955 (SAM-7402). 2. Spear-shaft bound with thick sinew, Mpondo; Lusikisiki 1948. 3. Spear-shaft with skin drawn over when wet, length of binding 150 mm; Thembu; no locality, c. 1880 (SAM-6946). 4. Shield of 'Amakosa Warrior' c. 1850 (drawing by Walker, AM 4443). 5. Spear-shaft bound with thin sinew, Mpo
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. ^,- ^ .J Fig. 16. Front and back views of shield, length 1065 mm, said to date from 1878, Cape Nguni (KM Y883B). PLATE 47 Shields and spear-shafts. 1. Point of stick, diameter 20 mm, Mpondo; Flagstaff 1955 (SAM-7402). 2. Spear-shaft bound with thick sinew, Mpondo; Lusikisiki 1948. 3. Spear-shaft with skin drawn over when wet, length of binding 150 mm; Thembu; no locality, c. 1880 (SAM-6946). 4. Shield of 'Amakosa Warrior' c. 1850 (drawing by Walker, AM 4443). 5. Spear-shaft bound with thin sinew, Mpondo; Lusikisiki 1948. 6. Shield of Xhosa chief Koba, near Fish River, c. 1777 (drawing by R. Gordon, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam). 7. Butts of spears, diameters at butt, from left to right, 5, 8, 4, 5, 6 mm, Thembu; no locality, c. 1880 (SAM-6943 and others). I. 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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