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The ruined cities of Mashonaland

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Wooden Platter found in a Cave about Ten Miles from Zimbabwe Frontispiece

Mr. Theodore Bent 3

Making Thongs of Ox-hide 19

Wooden Pillow 36

Ancient Egyptian Pillow in the British Museum 37

Wooden Dollasses or Divining Tablets 38

Bone Dollasses 39

Gourds for Baling Water 40

Wooden Mortar, Bowl, and Porridge Bowl 41

Woman’s Girdle, with Cartridge Cases, Skin-scrapers, and Medicine Phials attached 44

Wooden Hair Comb, Chibi’s Country 45

Granary Decorated with Breast and Furrow Pattern 46

Wooden Pillow representing Human Form 47

Iron Skin-scraper, and Needles in Cases 48

Mrs. Theodore Bent 61

Umgabe and his Indunas 67

Hatchet 70

Carved Knives 71

Bone Ornaments 72

Wooden Snuff-boxes 74

Boy beating Drum 77

Drum Decorated with ‘Breast and Furrow’ Pattern, and Plain Drum 78

Playing the Piano 80

Makalanga Piano 81

Hut at Umgabe’s Kraal with Euphorbia behind 89

At Cherumbila’s Kraal 91

Ruin on the Lundi River 97

General View of Zimbabwe 101

Main Entrance of Circular Ruin at Zimbabwe 106

Large Circular Ruin, Zimbabwe 107

Pattern on Large Circular Ruin at Zimbabwe 109

Large Round Tower in Circular Ruin, Zimbabwe 113

Round Tower and Monolith Decoration on the Fortress at Zimbabwe 123

Approach to the Acropolis 125

The Platform with Monoliths, etc., on the Fortress at Zimbabwe 127

Approach to the Fortress by the Cleft, Zimbabwe 133

Baobab Tree in Matindela Ruins 136

Walled-up Entrance and Pattern on Matindela Ruins 137

Map of Zimbabwe District 143

The two Towers 149

Coin of Byblos showing the Round Tower 150

The Triple Walls at Zimbabwe 153

Within the Double Walls, Zimbabwe 171

Soapstone Bird on Pedestal 180

Soapstone Birds on Pedestals 181

Front and Back of a Broken Soapstone Bird on Pedestal 183

Bird on Pedestal 184

Bird on Pedestal from the Zodiac of Denderah 185

Miniature Birds on Pedestals 187

Ornate Phallus, Zimbabwe; and Phœnician Column in the Louvre 188

Long Decorated Soapstone Beam in two Pieces 190

Decorated Soapstone Beams 191, 192

Collection of Strange Stones 193

Fragment of Bowl with Procession of Bulls 194

Fragment of Bowl with Hunting Scene 195

Bowl with Zebras 196

Fragment of Soapstone Bowl with Procession 197

Fragments of Soapstone Bowls with Ear of Corn and Lettering 198

Letters from Proto-Arabian Alphabet 199

Letters on a Rock in Bechuanaland, copied by Mr. A. A. Anderson 199

Soapstone Bowls 200, 201

Fragment of Bowl with Knobs 202

Soapstone Cylinder from Zimbabwe 202

Object from Temple of Paphos, Cyprus 203

Glass Beads, Celadon Pottery, Persian Pottery, and Arabian Glass 205

Fragment of Bowl of Glazed Pottery 206

Fragments of Pottery 207

Top of Pottery Bowl, Pottery Sow, and Whorls 208, 209

Weapons 210

Iron Bells and Bronze Spear-head 211, 212

Battle-axes and Arrows 213, 214

Gilt Spear-head 216

Tools 217

Ancient Spade 218

Soapstone Ingot Mould, Zimbabwe 218

Ingot of Tin found in Falmouth Harbour 219

Soapstone Object 219

Bevelled Edge of Gold smelting Furnace 220

Crucibles for Smelting Gold found at Zimbabwe 221

Fragments of Pottery Blow-pipes from Furnace 222

Metzwandira 249

Chief’s Iron Sceptre, and Iron Razor 253

Rock near Makori Post Station 254

Knitted Bag 255

Larder Tree 256

Reed Snuff-boxes and Grease-holder 257

Decorated Hut Door 259

Straw Hat 260

Decorated Heads 262

Chief’s Tomb 271

Interior of a Hut 274

Household Store for Grain, with Native Drawings 275

Native Drawings 276

Native Bowl from the Mazoe Valley 286

Ruin in Mazoe Valley 293

Three Venetian Beads; one Copper Bead; three old White Venetian Beads; Bone Whorl, Medicine Phials, and Bone Ornaments 297

Tattooed Women from Chibi’s, Gambidji’s, and Kunzi’s Countries 304

Wooden Bowl from Musungaikwa’s Kraal 305

Makalanga Iron Smelting Furnace 308

Goatskin Bellows and Blow-pipe for Iron Smelting 309

Woman’s Dress of Woven Bark Fibre 310

Bracelets 313

Wooden Platter from Lutzi 316

Earring, Stud for the Lip, and Battle-axe 320

Powder-horn 321

A Collection of Combs 322

Wooden Spoon. Lutzi 328

Bushman Drawings near ’Mtoko’s Kraal 332, 333

Mangwendi’s Kraal 338

Bushman Drawings from Nyanger Rock 345

Chipunza’s Kraal 349

Decorated Post 358

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