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KwaZulu-Natal Museum (KZNM) With digital objects
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[Source - Chloe Rushovich for FHYA, 2020, transcription of KwaZulu-Natal Museum database extracts: Accessions Register (Ethnology Book 1): "Scale insect used for making the black wax-like ring of the (Isicoco[underlined]). The scale insects are pressed into a ball + heated on a pan over a fire mixed with sap from (Um-Bodiya[underlined]) roots (a small plant by rivers). The scale insect occurs on the shrub (Upandhlazi[underlined] or Umzungulu[underlined]) (Dalbergia obovata (?). Sticky base (Ungiyane[underlined])".]

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