Izitsha zobumba ezipendiwe, ezaziwa nangokuthi izitsha zobumba ezipendiwe, ziyimisebenzi yobuciko yobumba enomlando omude. Kubhekiselwa ezitsheni zobumba ezipendwe phezulu ngemva kokushiswa kwesondo lobumba, ngokungafani nezitsha zobumba ezipendwe esitsheni sobumba, umbala nomzimba oluhlaza kuyacindezelwa ndawonye, futhi i-faience iyosiwa ngokushisa okuphezulu, umbala wobumba obupendiwe. ayilandelwa ngokuqinile, futhi iphethini kulula ukuwa uma imanzi noma amanzi. Izitsha zobumba ezipendiwe zaqala ngasekupheleni kwenkathi ye-Neolithic, imibala evame ukusetshenziswa ibomvu, emnyama, ephuzi, emhlophe, e-ocher, njll., umbala muhle, ngoba umdwebo awusashiswa, ngakho-ke umdwebo kulula kakhulu ukuwugqoka nokuwa. .