Fishing Methods of the Khoi Hout Bay Museum

Sir James Lancaster in 1591 as Described by: Nicholas Wilkington in 1612 “The were very experte in throwing theire dartes, for they would runne into the sea by the shoreside and kill much fishe with flynginge of theire darts in a small tyme, and come and sell us them for little snippets of brass or copper.“ Jean-Baptists Tavernier in 1649 „The are very accurate in the throwing of their azagays, a sort of javelins; and those who have none take instead a stick, as thick as a thumb and as long as their throwing spears, of a very hard wood: To this they make a pointed end, and can throw it from afar off to hit a target a hand’s breadth wide. They go with these sticks to the seashore and as soon as a fish comes a little above the water they never fail to hit it“. Hout Bay Museum 4 Andrews Road Hout Bay, 7806 Tel./Fax: +27 (0)21 790-3270 hbmuseum@telkomsa.net Open: Mon - Thu: 08:00h - 16:30h Fri:            08:00h - 16:00h Map Source: News August 2006