. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: THE USES OF HORN, BONE AND IVORY 145 3. Hair ornaments Zululand Deleage (1879: 64) mentions pieces of ivory worn in the hair by young Zulu men but does not describe the ornaments. It is possible that they were hair-pins of ivory. No ivory ornaments were seen in the field. Southern Natal, Msinga area, Drakensberg area No information was recorded. SNUFF-BOXES Zululand Ivory was used occasionally for making a snuff-box (Faye 1940: 9-10). Two ivory snuff-boxes (Fig. 56) were examined a
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: THE USES OF HORN, BONE AND IVORY 145 3. Hair ornaments Zululand Deleage (1879: 64) mentions pieces of ivory worn in the hair by young Zulu men but does not describe the ornaments. It is possible that they were hair-pins of ivory. No ivory ornaments were seen in the field. Southern Natal, Msinga area, Drakensberg area No information was recorded. SNUFF-BOXES Zululand Ivory was used occasionally for making a snuff-box (Faye 1940: 9-10). Two ivory snuff-boxes (Fig. 56) were examined at the Natal Museum. Both are carved from the solid to an oval shape slightly flattened at the base. One stands on four carved legs and has a carved ivory stopper; the other has a lug on one side and a wooden stopper. Both snuff-boxes show a high degree of craftsmanship and were said to have belonged to chiefs. An ivory snuff-box, said to have belonged to Cetshwayo, was seen in the Pitt-Rivers Museum (No. ). None were seen in the field. mm Wmm-i. Fig. 56. Two ivory snuff-boxes, Zululand, nineteenth century, NM, Adams 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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