. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 102 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM ni. Fig. 46. Woodcarver making a dish, delo, using a long-handled gouge with a bent blade. Note the characteristic position in which he is sitting while supporting the dish against a log of wood and holding it with his feet. Photo: E. J. Krige, 1936-8. Traditionally there was some degree of specialization in the making of ob- jects that required particular skill, but in general most men could make domestic utensils and handles for tools (Krige & Krige 1943:
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 102 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM ni. Fig. 46. Woodcarver making a dish, delo, using a long-handled gouge with a bent blade. Note the characteristic position in which he is sitting while supporting the dish against a log of wood and holding it with his feet. Photo: E. J. Krige, 1936-8. Traditionally there was some degree of specialization in the making of ob- jects that required particular skill, but in general most men could make domestic utensils and handles for tools (Krige & Krige 1943: 50). Even skilled craftsmen were not full-time specialists and they seldom specialized in making only one type of object. It was not uncommon, however, for a man or a family to win a reputation for excelHng in making particular objects. Drums and mortars that required the felling of a tree were usually only made to order by craftsmen who possessed the necessary tools and 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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