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[Source - eThembeni Cultural Heritage Management for FHYA, 2016, using KZNM materials: (Hut 39) 2 medium white boxes containing wood, (midden 3 layer 1,3 & 4) 1 medium white box containing charcoal. (Hut Bd) I medium white box containing charcoal & wood. (bheje area) 1 medium white box containing: Metal bangle fragments. (midden3) 1 small white box containing metal pipe, ear plug, daga fragments, figurine fragment. (huts) 1 small white box containing polishing stone. (huts Bd, Bh, Bg ,area B) 1 glass & nail. (huts BG- huts with rows of post holes ) containing glass fragments , glass beads, metal nail & metal fragments.]
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Box with markings
[ Source of title : eThembeni Cultural Heritage Management for FHYA using KZNM materials ]
Object
Textual record
75/139.021
Creative Commons License: CC BY-NC-ND https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Transcription [Source - eThembeni Cultural Heritage Management for FHYA, 2016, using KZNM box markings written by Gugu Mthethwa: 75/139 Box 21.]
Attributions and Conjectures [Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2019, using information provided by Gavin Whitelaw: Within this box there is an isicoco polishing stone which was collected by Tim Maggs in 1973. This isicoco polisher was identified to Maggs, on site, by one of the native Zulu speakers working on George Chadwick's shovel clearance team. He also showed Maggs a woolly aphid on local acacia trees that yielded a waxy substance when squashed (possibly Ceroplastes species, wax scales), which men used to polish and shape isicoco.]
| Event Actor | Event Type | Event Date | Event Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Hundred Year Archive (FHYA) | Online curation | 2016 - | Digital image by eThembeni Cultural Heritage Management |
| KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZNM) | Custody | 1975 - | [Source - Carolyn Hamilton for FHYA, 2017: At the time of uploading this material, the FHYA was unable to establish whether the material was accessioned in the same year in which the excavations took place.] |
| Martin Hall | Excavation | 1975 |
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