Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1982 - Natural history |
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... suggested . Suggestions for media were fat , marrow , tallow , fish oil , egg , blood , honey , resin , and water . Blood was said to have been detected in tests ; it darkened in experiments . Paints were liquid or paste , and crayons ...
... suggested . Suggestions for media were fat , marrow , tallow , fish oil , egg , blood , honey , resin , and water . Blood was said to have been detected in tests ; it darkened in experiments . Paints were liquid or paste , and crayons ...
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... suggested the use of water with soot or kaolin for making crayons , or with ochres for paints ( D ? or G ? category ) ; Schapera did not say how he arrived at the information that water or saliva had been a medium ; How's experimental ...
... suggested the use of water with soot or kaolin for making crayons , or with ochres for paints ( D ? or G ? category ) ; Schapera did not say how he arrived at the information that water or saliva had been a medium ; How's experimental ...
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... suggested that plant latex might have been a white pigment . Holliday ( see previous section ) found that sap from Euphorbia , a wild rubber tree , and a wild fig became clear and tacky on exposure to air - further experiments are ...
... suggested that plant latex might have been a white pigment . Holliday ( see previous section ) found that sap from Euphorbia , a wild rubber tree , and a wild fig became clear and tacky on exposure to air - further experiments are ...
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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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animal fat Berseba blades Bleek blood BNK 1 layer BNK 1 sample body bone Botswana bovids brown buchu burial Bushmen camel-thorn Cape Town cent charcoal clay colour comm cosmetic deposits distal Dornan dung Engelbrecht 1936 excavated faces flakes frequencies G/wi gemsbok Gibeon grease groups H. J. Deacon haematite Hahn hair Hoernlé honey Hottentots indicate initiate Kalahari Kelders Khoisan Kora Kung layer 12 layer 9 medium mentioned mixed with fat Nama Namaqua Nelson Bay Cave Orange River ostrich ostrich egg-shell oxides Patella patterns Péringuey pieces powder quartz quartzite Raphicerus Raven-Hart red ochre references retouched artefact Riebeeck ritual Robberg rock paintings rubbed Rudner & Rudner Schapera scrapers segments shell silcrete skin smeared Smithfield soot Soromas South African Museum South West Africa species specularite suggested Table tortoise-shell urine utilization washed Wikar Wilton women wood yellow