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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Page 638
... customs too old to be traced, was (a custom) greatly in vogue among young folk, both youths and maidens. This ornamentation was so executed that it would be uniform (on those participating) in the night party, wedding dance, or dance of ...
... customs too old to be traced, was (a custom) greatly in vogue among young folk, both youths and maidens. This ornamentation was so executed that it would be uniform (on those participating) in the night party, wedding dance, or dance of ...
Page 697
... custom of using red clay practised among the Bushmen, for they invaded this country during the times when it was still inhabited by those Bushmen, who were in conflict with the Hottentots over it. . . . It is quite clear that though ...
... custom of using red clay practised among the Bushmen, for they invaded this country during the times when it was still inhabited by those Bushmen, who were in conflict with the Hottentots over it. . . . It is quite clear that though ...
Page 698
... custom. Ochre is used in three shades: the “kaffir ochre”, which is the bright red most commonly seen; the “Fingo ochre”, which is a much darker red, used by the Fingo tribes; and a yellow ochre which has become fashionable in certain ...
... custom. Ochre is used in three shades: the “kaffir ochre”, which is the bright red most commonly seen; the “Fingo ochre”, which is a much darker red, used by the Fingo tribes; and a yellow ochre which has become fashionable in certain ...
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Personal and general | 449 |
y K | 479 |
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