In 1957, the silver-gilt decoration was changed to burnished bronze. The geometrical pattern on either side is in burnished bronze. The shoes are hand burnished and crafted. The porous surface is then burnished down, resulting in a shiny gold surface. The walls are hung with a chamois-colored wallpaper imprinted with medallions of burnished gold. Pottery includes both burnished and glazed objects. The original impression of the burnished silver would have been dazzling. This slip covering may be burnished to achieve a gloss. Few of the burnished beakers and bowls found were decorated. It is without a visible seam, probably "burnished until the gold simply flowed together". I was the Coarse Dark Burnished class. Common are orange wares, which are orange or buff burnished ceramics with no slip. The facade pipes, made of 75% burnished tin, conceal some 2,500 pipes. The surface is then further burnished using fine pebbles (mkpulu nwko). Furthermore, with more usage, it becomes burnished without any discoloration.