. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Braziers Top, Durango. Mexico; middle, Spain; and bottom, China. Thismassive bronze brazier was used by candidates undergoing theofficial examinations at Peking For description of plate see page 26 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 139 PL. 9. FIRE AS AN AGENT IN HUMAN CULTURE 25 valve action. This may be considered a most ingenious adaptationof means to an end^. (pi. 7). H. Mitford Barber describes the bellows of the Shangaris andBasutos in eastern South Africa. The bags are made from the wholeskin of the sable antelope, with the orifice stitched up. Th
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Braziers Top, Durango. Mexico; middle, Spain; and bottom, China. Thismassive bronze brazier was used by candidates undergoing theofficial examinations at Peking For description of plate see page 26 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 139 PL. 9. FIRE AS AN AGENT IN HUMAN CULTURE 25 valve action. This may be considered a most ingenious adaptationof means to an end^. (pi. 7). H. Mitford Barber describes the bellows of the Shangaris andBasutos in eastern South Africa. The bags are made from the wholeskin of the sable antelope, with the orifice stitched up. The tubesare of the horns of the antelope cut off below the natural cavity andthe base fastened into the bag. The other ends are thrust into twoperforated stones laid against the fire. The valve is a slit in thecenter of the bag edged with two sticks having a loop for the air is simply impounded and forced out, like bellows in south-ern India. ^ A somewhat similar valve to the Gaboon specimen describedis found in the piston bellows of Borneo, where two plungers tippedwith a mass of downy feathers are thrust alternately into bamboocyUnders. The feathers act as a valve, as shown in the hair checkof Africa. This type of bellows from its wide distribution, mainly inthe
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