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 688
... grease, ochre 'Das Einschmieren mit Fett, das mit mineralischen Theilen, Eisenoker, Eisenrahm, Glimmerthon u.s.w. vermischt wird, giebt inrem Körper eine nicht ungefällige Färbung, aber man darf sie nicht berähren, ohne die deutlichen ...
... grease, ochre 'Das Einschmieren mit Fett, das mit mineralischen Theilen, Eisenoker, Eisenrahm, Glimmerthon u.s.w. vermischt wird, giebt inrem Körper eine nicht ungefällige Färbung, aber man darf sie nicht berähren, ohne die deutlichen ...
Page 689
... grease 'The Amakosa smear their bodies, as I have had occasion to notice, with a composition of red clay and grease, which produces a soft and glossy effect on the skin; . . . . ' 1825–9 Kay (1833) pp. 111, 115, 373 Xhosa, Mpondo: grease ...
... grease 'The Amakosa smear their bodies, as I have had occasion to notice, with a composition of red clay and grease, which produces a soft and glossy effect on the skin; . . . . ' 1825–9 Kay (1833) pp. 111, 115, 373 Xhosa, Mpondo: grease ...
Page 691
... grease, ochre Nothing more. 1836–44 Döhne (1844) p. 31 Xhosa: red ochre 'Wenn ihr Leib einmal recht voll Unreinlichkeit ist, beschmieren sie ihn mit Farbe von Röthelstein und waschen ihn etlichen Tage nachher.' 1842–7 Ward (1848) 1 p ...
... grease, ochre Nothing more. 1836–44 Döhne (1844) p. 31 Xhosa: red ochre 'Wenn ihr Leib einmal recht voll Unreinlichkeit ist, beschmieren sie ihn mit Farbe von Röthelstein und waschen ihn etlichen Tage nachher.' 1842–7 Ward (1848) 1 p ...
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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