DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.49517#0284
216
HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
At the top, the shoulder or ham of the leg measured from 12-16 cm. from front to back and was
narrowed to a thickness of 3.5-5 cm. A flat wooden tenon, 0.5-1.2 cm. in thickness and 2.5-4.5 cm.
in height, projected from the top end of each leg and ran the length of the top, except for 2-3 cm.
at the front of the fore leg and at the back of the hind leg (see Figs. 191, 193, 195). The top
of the leg was set in a shallow depression cut in the under side of the side-board at each corner.
In this depression a slot was sunk to take the wooden tenon which projected from the top of the leg.
When the leg was in place, it was fastened by three (or two) wooden pins driven into small holes
bored in the outer edge of the side-board and passing through the tenon into the thickness of the
• •
25'
25
O O
•
2P
24
O 6
•
23' ;
7
0
: o »
2.3
O Q
Fig. 202
Fig. 205
Fig. 203
Fig. 204
Fig. 206
board beyond the mortise (see Figs. 196, 197). The legs were braced against lateral movement by
a pair of long double-elbow braces called hereafter leg-braces (d), which crossed the under side of
the bed-frame at each end; each brace had an arm down the inside of the two opposite legs (see
Figs. 193, 194, 195).
No example of a leg-brace was found intact, and in the decayed beds it was impossible
to get at the under side to measure the leg-braces. It was necessary therefore to rely
mainly on the marks left by the braces on the bed-frame and on the holes for pins and
thong-ties in the frame and the legs. Fortunately the legs were grooved to receive the
lower arm of the brace, and one bronze sheath was found which had, from its agreement
with the other evidences, undoubtedly served to cover one turn of a brace and its pendent
arm (Photo. A 927).
The marks, the grooves, and the sheath showed that the brace crossed the under side of the end-
board, was from 2-3 cm. wide, and ran down the inner side of each leg in a tapering arm. The
pendent arms were 12-22 cm. long, tapering to a rounded tip about 1 cm. across. The sheath was
HARVARD AFRICAN STUDIES
At the top, the shoulder or ham of the leg measured from 12-16 cm. from front to back and was
narrowed to a thickness of 3.5-5 cm. A flat wooden tenon, 0.5-1.2 cm. in thickness and 2.5-4.5 cm.
in height, projected from the top end of each leg and ran the length of the top, except for 2-3 cm.
at the front of the fore leg and at the back of the hind leg (see Figs. 191, 193, 195). The top
of the leg was set in a shallow depression cut in the under side of the side-board at each corner.
In this depression a slot was sunk to take the wooden tenon which projected from the top of the leg.
When the leg was in place, it was fastened by three (or two) wooden pins driven into small holes
bored in the outer edge of the side-board and passing through the tenon into the thickness of the
• •
25'
25
O O
•
2P
24
O 6
•
23' ;
7
0
: o »
2.3
O Q
Fig. 202
Fig. 205
Fig. 203
Fig. 204
Fig. 206
board beyond the mortise (see Figs. 196, 197). The legs were braced against lateral movement by
a pair of long double-elbow braces called hereafter leg-braces (d), which crossed the under side of
the bed-frame at each end; each brace had an arm down the inside of the two opposite legs (see
Figs. 193, 194, 195).
No example of a leg-brace was found intact, and in the decayed beds it was impossible
to get at the under side to measure the leg-braces. It was necessary therefore to rely
mainly on the marks left by the braces on the bed-frame and on the holes for pins and
thong-ties in the frame and the legs. Fortunately the legs were grooved to receive the
lower arm of the brace, and one bronze sheath was found which had, from its agreement
with the other evidences, undoubtedly served to cover one turn of a brace and its pendent
arm (Photo. A 927).
The marks, the grooves, and the sheath showed that the brace crossed the under side of the end-
board, was from 2-3 cm. wide, and ran down the inner side of each leg in a tapering arm. The
pendent arms were 12-22 cm. long, tapering to a rounded tip about 1 cm. across. The sheath was