Finally, a smithy is not complete without a big whetstone (nkhu).
There were also large quantities of potsherds without traces of fire damage, as well as a number of spindle whorls, a loom weight and a whetstone.
Finds indicating evidence of bronze casting where unearthed, including a crucible and a whetstone.
The gawai bumai consists of two major festivals called gawai batu panggol (whetstone ritual) and gawai benih (seed ritual).
By 1859, when the town's population was 1,723, industries included a foundry and machine shop, two gristmills, three sawmills, a paper mill and whetstone factory.
The diggers found more ceramic artefacts and a whetstone.
The two got married afterwards, and a mass of flesh in the shape of a whetstone was born.
His whetstone worked so well that they all wanted to buy it.
