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 581
... gall-bladders by diviners where the ancestral spirit is said to reside with the bladder (Chapter 10)." p. 244 Bhaca: diviners' dress 'Diviners are easily recognised as they invariably dress in white and wear a fringed head-dress of ...
... gall-bladders by diviners where the ancestral spirit is said to reside with the bladder (Chapter 10)." p. 244 Bhaca: diviners' dress 'Diviners are easily recognised as they invariably dress in white and wear a fringed head-dress of ...
Page 592
... gall-bladder and fur cap are worn by all practitioners, and below the cap there is usually a long fringe of white ... bladders, baboon-skin cap and white beadwork. The Bhaca do not wear the loin-dress of tails, and their beadwork is entirely ...
... gall-bladder and fur cap are worn by all practitioners, and below the cap there is usually a long fringe of white ... bladders, baboon-skin cap and white beadwork. The Bhaca do not wear the loin-dress of tails, and their beadwork is entirely ...
Page 634
... gall-bladders 'It is true that other people sometimes wear gall-bladders when they are considered personages and have had oxen killed in their honour; but usually the gall-bladder is a sign of a diviner.' 1925 Thompson, H. Q. F. pp. 493 ...
... gall-bladders 'It is true that other people sometimes wear gall-bladders when they are considered personages and have had oxen killed in their honour; but usually the gall-bladder is a sign of a diviner.' 1925 Thompson, H. Q. F. pp. 493 ...
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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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