. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: THE USES OF HORN, BONE AND IVORY 93. Fig. 9. Types of snuff-spoon: 2a. Spatulate, straight. 2b. Spatulate, curved. Bomvana The only Bomvana snuff-spoon whicii was seen has a very long handle and is decorated with incised designs near the bowl (HW 2128, Elliotdale, 1923) (Type \b). Mpondomise Two Mpondomise examples were recorded: a very long-handled snuflf- spoon with almond-shaped bowl and incised, blackened designs on the under- side of the handle at the bowl-end (SAM-5509, Tsolo
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: THE USES OF HORN, BONE AND IVORY 93. Fig. 9. Types of snuff-spoon: 2a. Spatulate, straight. 2b. Spatulate, curved. Bomvana The only Bomvana snuff-spoon whicii was seen has a very long handle and is decorated with incised designs near the bowl (HW 2128, Elliotdale, 1923) (Type \b). Mpondomise Two Mpondomise examples were recorded: a very long-handled snuflf- spoon with almond-shaped bowl and incised, blackened designs on the under- side of the handle at the bowl-end (SAM-5509, Tsolo, 1935) (Type \b), and a snuff-spoon with an almond-shaped bowl and a long handle, completely covered with beadwork (Fig. 10). Mpondo Two Mpondo examples have very long handles, decorated with incised designs, and almond-shaped bowls (DC 2147, 1932; HW 2122, Bizana, 1912) (Type \b). In 1969 horn snuff-spoons were said to be made in the Ngqeleni district. Mfengu A Mfengu example has an almond-shaped bowl with blackened, incised decoration on the handle (HW 2121, Cofimvaba, 1936) (Type \a).. 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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