Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1982 - Natural history |
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... hair red - ochred ( Tyrrell 1968 ) . The colourful geometric patterns on the walls of Ndebele houses are painted ... hair ; brides use powdered slate in their hair ( West & Morris 1976 ) . Venda girl initiates are rubbed with red ochre ...
... hair red - ochred ( Tyrrell 1968 ) . The colourful geometric patterns on the walls of Ndebele houses are painted ... hair ; brides use powdered slate in their hair ( West & Morris 1976 ) . Venda girl initiates are rubbed with red ochre ...
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... hair must have included haematite . ' Namaqua ' women smeared ' dry redlead ' ( haematite ? ) round their eyes ( Chapman 1849–63 ) . Gona . The women smeared red ochre and fat on their bodies and faces , sometimes with patterns on the ...
... hair must have included haematite . ' Namaqua ' women smeared ' dry redlead ' ( haematite ? ) round their eyes ( Chapman 1849–63 ) . Gona . The women smeared red ochre and fat on their bodies and faces , sometimes with patterns on the ...
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... hair with animal hair and vegetable fibres , like the Ovambo women . He quoted F. Seiner ( 1910 , Globus 97 ) who said that Hukwe women rubbed lime or fat into the hair to exterminate vermin . R. STORY ( 1958 ) Gum for eating is ...
... hair with animal hair and vegetable fibres , like the Ovambo women . He quoted F. Seiner ( 1910 , Globus 97 ) who said that Hukwe women rubbed lime or fat into the hair to exterminate vermin . R. STORY ( 1958 ) Gum for eating is ...
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Pigments and paints worldwide | 10 |
Theories and experiments regarding southern African rock paintings | 25 |
Pigments and paints of the historical Hottentots | 68 |
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