. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE 129 cs. 0 20 cm E Fig. 71. Wind instruments. A. Flute, khethodigo, SAM-9814. B. Flute, rodigo, SAM-9815. C. Flute, lengwale, SAM-9816. D. Whistle, naga, SAM-9817. E. Whistle, mantsaakhoda, SAM-9824. (All Krige Collection, 1936-8.) whistling, which can be translated into the tone patterns of the language. The mphenyi instrument played by khiudogane in the vyali school (see p. 99) oper- ates on the same principle. The vibration of the membrane across the end of the reed pipe pro
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE 129 cs. 0 20 cm E Fig. 71. Wind instruments. A. Flute, khethodigo, SAM-9814. B. Flute, rodigo, SAM-9815. C. Flute, lengwale, SAM-9816. D. Whistle, naga, SAM-9817. E. Whistle, mantsaakhoda, SAM-9824. (All Krige Collection, 1936-8.) whistling, which can be translated into the tone patterns of the language. The mphenyi instrument played by khiudogane in the vyali school (see p. 99) oper- ates on the same principle. The vibration of the membrane across the end of the reed pipe produces the strange eerie sounds by which khiudogane communi- cates. Wind instruments made of horn are described in a later section (see p. 166). They include whistles and the horn trumpet, phalafhala, which is associated with authority and is blown to signal important announcements. 4. Idiophones In the 1930s xylophones, dibela, with calabash resonators (see p. 153) were used in the Lobedu area by itinerant minstrels who played the xylophone and sang humorous songs in return for food and lodging (Krige & Krige 1943: 316). There is no record of xylophones being made by local craftsmen and it is prob- able that the instruments used were of Venda origin (Kirby 1934: 56). Also in use in the 1930s was a plucked instrument, deze, consisting of a flat wooden resonator set under a series of iron tongues that were plucked with the thumbs to produce the sound. By adjusting the length of the iron tongues the in- strument could be tuned. This sansa-iype. instrument was played mainly by young men (Krige 1982: 22). The wooden clappers mewasa (Fig. 72) used by vyali girls also fall into this category of instruments made of inherently resonant 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 Muse
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