Image: Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum (1978) (18390653616)

Description: Title: Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum Identifier: annalsofsouthaf751978sout (find matches) Year: 1898 (1890s) Authors: South African Museum Subjects: Natural history Publisher: Cape Town : The Museum Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: LOBEDU POTTERY 313 Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 25. Pots in use; left to right modzheha, nklw, thukhwana, lebetfa; Modjadji's village, 1975. 'Lesabelo' (Fig. 26) A wide-mouthed bowl used as a wash-basin. It is always decorated with a broad, incised band of hatching round the rim. White chalk is rubbed into the incisions, and the bowl is burnished with graphite inside and outside. It was customary for a wife to bring her husband a lesabelo of warm water for washing in the morning. In the 1930s Krige recorded that these bowls were rare and had been replaced almost entirely by enamel basins. For ritual purposes, however, the traditional bowl is said still to be used, for example, a person who is possessed by spirits must use a lesabelo for washing. In 1976 a potter at Modjadji's village made an example on request as none had been seen in use. It differed in shape from the 1930s specimens in that it was not as large and the incised decoration was not coloured with white chalk. Note About Images 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 work.
Title: Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum (1978) (18390653616)
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