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ILLUSTRATIONS

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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] [[xxvi]]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] [[xxvii]]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] [[xxviii]]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] [[xxix]]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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PART I

ON THE ROAD TO THE RUINS

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CHAPTER I