The iron guns were also despised by the gunners because they were of a coarse metal which could not be enriched by the elaborate decoration which embellished so many sixteenth- and seventeenth-century bronze pieces.
Imipu yentsimbi yayi kwaye iphazanyiswa ngabadubuli ngenxa yentsimbi eyenziweyo engasobe ifunyanwe ngabachwepheshi ababebaninzi ngamashumi anesithandathu kunye namashumi asixhenxe ombala webhedu enkulungwane.