. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: WOOD-CARVING 243 Drakensberg area A necklace of iimthombothi wood, like the one described above, was worn by betrothed and married Ngwane women (Tyrrell 1968: 129, 130, 131). Southern Natal The necklace umgexo womthombothi, described above for the Zulu, was worn by married men and women in southern Natal (Miiller 1912-13: 854; SAM Mariannhill photographs 303, 337, 388) (Fig. 66). Msinga area No information was obtained. PENIS SHEATHS Terms: umncedoIumncwado—prepuce cover (Doke &
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: WOOD-CARVING 243 Drakensberg area A necklace of iimthombothi wood, like the one described above, was worn by betrothed and married Ngwane women (Tyrrell 1968: 129, 130, 131). Southern Natal The necklace umgexo womthombothi, described above for the Zulu, was worn by married men and women in southern Natal (Miiller 1912-13: 854; SAM Mariannhill photographs 303, 337, 388) (Fig. 66). Msinga area No information was obtained. PENIS SHEATHS Terms: umncedoIumncwado—prepuce cover (Doke & Vilakazi 1964). Zululand Literary sources confirm the wearing of penis sheaths, and state that they were made of ox-hide (Krauss 1969: 211) or banana leaves or cocoons (Krige 1950: 373, 374). However, museum specimens of wooden sheaths were seen. Fig. 66. Tambuti-wood necklet, southern Natal, early twentieth century. (Photograph Mariannhill 303 in the South African Museum.). 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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