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[ Source of title : eThembeni Cultural Heritage Management for FHYA using KZNM materials ]
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Attributions and conjectures: [Source - Gavin Whitelaw for FHYA, 2020: Sherds and an isicoco polisher collected by Tim Maggs in July 1973. A National Monuments Council communication dated 1 November 1973 incorporates a report from George Chadwick in which he states that in July 1973 he and Maggs had uncovered several floors, collected pottery and beads, and surveyed in detail the floors already uncovered. Maggs evidently had the two floors brushed up for formal photography (with a scale) and collected what sherds he could from the brewery hut and brought them to the museum. He also collected an isicoco polisher from one of the pot dimples. The isicoco polisher was identified to Maggs on site by one of the men on the clearance team, a native Zulu speaker. This man 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 | |
| Tim Maggs | Excavation | 1973 | isiCoco and some sherds were picked up by Tim Maggs in 1973 but are housed in the KZNM with material excavated by Martin Hall in 1975 |
 Various headrings in storage at the KwaZulu-Natal Museum |
 Unqiyane wax made from insects |
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