The ruined cities of Mashonaland : being a record of excavation and exploration in 1891, with a chapter on the orientation and mensuration of the temple by R. M. W. Swan (1893)
Bent, J. Theodore (James Theodore), 1852-1897, Swan, Robert McNair Wilson, 1858-1904 · London, New York : Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 70
40 ON THE ROAD TO THE RUINS long-handled gourds, with queer diagonal patterns in black done upon them, which serve as ladles. Most of their domestic implements are made of wood — wooden pestles and wooden mortars for crushing … GOURDS FOR EALING WATER grain, wooden spoons and wooden platters often decorated with pretty zigzag patterns. Natural objects, too, are largely used for personal ornaments. Anklets and necklaces are made out of mimosa pods ; necklaces, really quite pretty to look upon, are con-
Swan, Robert McNair Wilson, 1858-1904 · Extinct cities
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