Mr. Harold Norton's farm 'Clifton', in the Grahamstown district

Title: Mr. Harold Norton's farm 'Clifton', in the Grahamstown district
Creator: Skead, C J (Cuthbert John)
Subject: Portulacaria afra -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Plants -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Subject: Thatched roofs -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Date Issued: 1905-05-17
Date: 1905-05-17
Type: still image
Identifier: vital:12597
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1014004
Description: The 'thatch' is made from the stems of Spekboom trees, Portulacaria afra. The dried stems are beaten with stones to flatten them, and are then packed on top of each other to form the thatch. There is no grassy thatching material in this dry Fish River area. No wonder the Spekboom is been destroyed so quickly.
Format: jpg
Rights: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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