Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58, Issue 4West, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1899 - Natural history |
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... animal . . . to which the diviner stands on a special relationship. A vest may be worn on the torso. Many diviners wear a hat made of animal skin (isidlokolo) somewhat like a mitre in shape. The kinds of skin most commonly used are ...
... animal . . . to which the diviner stands on a special relationship. A vest may be worn on the torso. Many diviners wear a hat made of animal skin (isidlokolo) somewhat like a mitre in shape. The kinds of skin most commonly used are ...
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... animal fats are also employed. Some of these cosmetics are native to certain localities, and enjoy only a local ... animal fat 'Animal fat was previously much THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE CAPE NGUNI 699.
... animal fats are also employed. Some of these cosmetics are native to certain localities, and enjoy only a local ... animal fat 'Animal fat was previously much THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE CAPE NGUNI 699.
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powdered roots of herbs, powdered parts of animals, reptiles and insects, and some of a supposed mystical nature.” p ... animal behind. . . . The construction of this necklace is simple. A number of hairs are pulled out of the tail-brush ...
powdered roots of herbs, powdered parts of animals, reptiles and insects, and some of a supposed mystical nature.” p ... animal behind. . . . The construction of this necklace is simple. A number of hairs are pulled out of the tail-brush ...
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Personal and general | 449 |
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Ciskei coasts have changed some of the localities hitherto accepted in historical | 540 |
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abakhwetha According animal anklet apron arm-bands assegai bangles beadwork Bhaca blanket body Bomvana bones boys brass rings breast-cloth burial buttons Caffres calabash Cape Nguni cattle ceremony charms chief cicatrization circumcision Ciskei cloak cloth colour copper cosmetics costume crane feathers custom dancing decorated diviners dolls finger Fingo gall-bladders garment Gcaleka girdle girls goat goatskin grass grease hair hair-style Hammond-Tooke hanging head head-band head-cloth head-dress hemp Hlubi horn initiation intonjane ivory Kaffir kaross kraal legend leopard loin-cloth Lusikisiki Makalima medicine Mpondo Mpondomise musical bow necklace necklet ornaments paint penis-sheath piece pipe plaited plant Pondoland red clay red ochre round the neck skin skirt smeared smoking snuff snuff-box snuff-spoon sometimes Sotho stick stone string tail Thembu thong tobacco Transkei tribes Tshezi ubulunga Umtata waist water-pipe wear white beads white clay Willowvale woman women wore worn round wrist Xesibe Xhosa young