Ukuthungwa okungasindi kanye nevelvety okulungisa isikhumba futhi kufiphaze ngokushesha ukungapheleli.
Izimonyo bezilokhu ziyingxenye ebalulekile yempucuko yabantu amakhulu eminyaka. Abantu bebelokhu besebenzisa izinto ezihlukahlukene ukuze bathuthukise ukubukeka kwabo kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo. Izimonyo ziyimikhiqizo esetshenziselwa ukuthuthukisa noma ukushintsha ukubukeka kobuso nomzimba. Zisetshenziselwa izinjongo ezihlukahlukene ezifana nokuthuthukisa ubuhle, ukumboza ukungapheleli, nokuvikela isikhumba. Kule bhulogi, sizoxoxa ngomlando wezimonyo, izinhlobo ezahlukene zezimonyo, kanye nokusetshenziswa kwazo.