Nguni Kraals

Abstract

Drawings of Nguni kraals, depicting detail of the Vundla (Thembu) kraal, Chief Maama (2 hut foundations, 6 huts of the great wife, 2 huts of the first wife, 2 huts of the second wife, a hut of the newly-married son, a khotla, a hedge, a cattle kraal, calves, a hut for the boys guarding cattle and 2 cooking places), the Ngwane kraal (a post, 2 cooking places, 3 stores, a hut of the left-hand wife, 2 boy's huts, 2 girl's huts, a great hut, a cooking hut, a hut of the right-hand wife, a thorn bush fence, calves, goats, grain pits and a cattle kraal), Khanyile kraal, Chief Doni (5 huts, 4 stores, a hut site, a milking post, 2 drains, a stone wall, calves, grain pits and a cattle kraal), the Rhodesian Ndebele kraal (a stand for grain baskets, a threshing floor, goats, calves, a cattle kraal, a visitor's hut, grain baskets, a great hut, a kitchen and children) and the Dlamini (Swazi) kraal (2 boy's huts, goats, a girl's hut, 3 huts of 4th wife, 3 huts of 1st wife, a hut of the eldest brother, a great hut, 3 huts of the 2nd wife, 3 huts of the 3rd wife and a cattle kraal.