. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 100 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM 3. Medicine flasks Terms: uphondo — a. small horn of medicine (Doke & Vilakazi 1964). Note: the term uphondo has a number of different meanings according to the context; ukhohlomba—a string of medicine horns (Doke & Vilakazi 1964). Zulula/id Antelope, cattle or goat's horns were used as containers for medicines. Frequently they were strung together and worn around the neck, particularly by doctors (Fig. 14) (Mayr 1907: 398; NASKO 8362, no locality, 1939)
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 100 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM 3. Medicine flasks Terms: uphondo — a. small horn of medicine (Doke & Vilakazi 1964). Note: the term uphondo has a number of different meanings according to the context; ukhohlomba—a string of medicine horns (Doke & Vilakazi 1964). Zulula/id Antelope, cattle or goat's horns were used as containers for medicines. Frequently they were strung together and worn around the neck, particularly by doctors (Fig. 14) (Mayr 1907: 398; NASKO 8362, no locality, 1939). A chief usually possessed horns containing special medicines which were used in rituals and he, too, might wear a string of medicine-horns around the neck (Krantz 1880: 113; Krige 1950: 375). Msinga area There is a diviner's medicine-horn from Msinga in the Hamilton-Welsh collection (HW 938, 1940).. Fig. 14. Zulu diviner wearing medicine horns strung around the 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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