. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: WOOD-CARVING 281 (Fig. 95). The mortar was made of mosetla {Peltophorum africanum (Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk 1962: 1278)), a medium-hard wood (Codd 1951: 66). The pestle was a straight length of wood, rounded at one end. Pestles were made of any available wood (Zebediela, 1972).. ^z-vsytMi^f ,f, 'i".A-*Lrj£ti'*)irr:i%k.~ Fig. 95. Northern Transvaal Ndebele mortar and pestle, and small feeding- trough, Zebediela, 1972. SPOONS AND STIRRERS Terms: /e/2o-(Moletlane) spoon
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: WOOD-CARVING 281 (Fig. 95). The mortar was made of mosetla {Peltophorum africanum (Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk 1962: 1278)), a medium-hard wood (Codd 1951: 66). The pestle was a straight length of wood, rounded at one end. Pestles were made of any available wood (Zebediela, 1972).. ^z-vsytMi^f ,f, 'i".A-*Lrj£ti'*)irr:i%k.~ Fig. 95. Northern Transvaal Ndebele mortar and pestle, and small feeding- trough, Zebediela, 1972. SPOONS AND STIRRERS Terms: /e/2o-(Moletlane) spoon (Zebediela, 1972; NASKO 61/149, Potgietersrus, 1961); leho la gothsola—spoon for dishing porridge from pot (NASKO 61/147, Potgietersrus, 1961); lefehlo—iMoletlano) stirrer (Zebediela, 1972). (These are all Sotho terms.) Spoons seen were relatively long, about 45 cm, and had fairly large oval (NASKO 61/147, Potgietersrus, 1961) or pear-shaped (NASKO 61/149, Pot- gietersrus, 1961) bowls, carved at a very slight angle to the handle. The bowl might have a raised rim (NASKO 61/149, Potgietersrus, 1961), which was the only form of decoration. At the tip of the handle, which might be circular (NASKO 61/149, Potgietersrus, 1961) or square (NASKO 61/147, Potgietersrus, 1961) in section, a second small bowl NASKO 61/149, Potgietersrus, 1961) (Fig. 96) or a spatulate decoration (NASKO 61/147, Potgietersrus, 1961) might be carved. Large flat-bowled spoons were used for dishing porridge from the pot (NASKO 61/147, Potgietersrus, 1961). The small bowls of the double-bowled spoons, were used for serving morogo, relish (NASKO 61/149, Potgietersrus. 1961).. 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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