Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1982 - Natural history |
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... yellow men also used animal blood for paint . The most common colours are red , yellow , white , and brown . The red and brown are extracted from haematite , the yellow from iron pyrites or limonite , the white from zinc oxide ; with ...
... yellow men also used animal blood for paint . The most common colours are red , yellow , white , and brown . The red and brown are extracted from haematite , the yellow from iron pyrites or limonite , the white from zinc oxide ; with ...
Page 167
... Yellow fungus used for paint Brown powdered wood Yellowish bark of camel - thorn tree Powdered wood , patterns or gemsbok face wiped with cloth Yellow fungus used for paint W f The powdered yellow wood of the camel - thorn tree. M ...
... Yellow fungus used for paint Brown powdered wood Yellowish bark of camel - thorn tree Powdered wood , patterns or gemsbok face wiped with cloth Yellow fungus used for paint W f The powdered yellow wood of the camel - thorn tree. M ...
Page 168
... yellow powder is used on its own when the skin appears jaundiced . According to Schultze ( 1907 ) , the Nama ( sex unspe- cified ) hung a fungus on a string round the neck so that the yellow spores dispersed over the body ; the rest of ...
... yellow powder is used on its own when the skin appears jaundiced . According to Schultze ( 1907 ) , the Nama ( sex unspe- cified ) hung a fungus on a string round the neck so that the yellow spores dispersed over the body ; the rest of ...
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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