. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE 175 trated by Stayt (1931, pi. 29) are of similar shape. For use in the fields (Fig. 106) hoe-heads were attached to a long wooden handle. In general it seems that hoes used in agriculture did not differ in shape from hoes used for exchange, except that the latter were new and not worn down through use. There is some evi- dence, however, of heavier, elongated spade-shaped hoes being used solely for exchange. 'These hoes were too large and heavy for tilhng the soil and were mer
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE 175 trated by Stayt (1931, pi. 29) are of similar shape. For use in the fields (Fig. 106) hoe-heads were attached to a long wooden handle. In general it seems that hoes used in agriculture did not differ in shape from hoes used for exchange, except that the latter were new and not worn down through use. There is some evi- dence, however, of heavier, elongated spade-shaped hoes being used solely for exchange. 'These hoes were too large and heavy for tilhng the soil and were merely kept in a hut' (Krige 1964: 162). By the 1930s hoe-heads (Fig. 107) of local manufacture had come to be re- garded as heirlooms that had links with the ancestral spirits. They were often partly embedded in small clay-mound shrines where offerings were made to the ancestors. ! ^j^^. Fig. 107. Old hoe-head kept for use in ancestor rituals, Mohale's village, 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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