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 623
... ivory rings and large copper neck rings, some of which weigh several pounds.' p. 105 Mpondo: chief's head ornaments 'Faco was now pointed out to us . . . a tall good looking man, . . . in no way distinguishable from the rest of his ...
... ivory rings and large copper neck rings, some of which weigh several pounds.' p. 105 Mpondo: chief's head ornaments 'Faco was now pointed out to us . . . a tall good looking man, . . . in no way distinguishable from the rest of his ...
Page 631
... ivory, metal ornaments pp. 42–43 Xhosa: ivory arm-band “I saw a Kafir on this day get wounded, and directly he fell, he set to work to Smash his ivory armlet against the stones. I have seen this done twice. They are very jealous of ...
... ivory, metal ornaments pp. 42–43 Xhosa: ivory arm-band “I saw a Kafir on this day get wounded, and directly he fell, he set to work to Smash his ivory armlet against the stones. I have seen this done twice. They are very jealous of ...
Page 660
... ivory rings on the upper arm, but do not mention any special significance. Bain's sketch of a Xesibe chief and of the Mpondo chief Faku's son show what appear to be ivory arm-rings. There is only the word um Khaxa in the vocabulary for ...
... ivory rings on the upper arm, but do not mention any special significance. Bain's sketch of a Xesibe chief and of the Mpondo chief Faku's son show what appear to be ivory arm-rings. There is only the word um Khaxa in the vocabulary for ...
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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