Comparative Bantu Pottery Vocabulary
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Language code:
S41
Language name:
xhosa (bomvana)
Translation:
deep and shallow straight-sided bowls with rounded rims and rounded bases, without neck. Mouth diameter between 22 and 25 cm. Decorated by notching rims. Shallow type probably for serving food and deep variety for serving and drinking beer/spherical and barrel-shaped and elongated bag-shaped pots. Height 20-25 cm. Undecorated and decorated. Used for drinking and serving beer.
Noun class:
9-10
Tonality:
Reference:
Lawton 1967:35
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