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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... string. The thumb and forefinger of the left hand control the string, the forefinger being moved rapidly to and fro against the string as the latter is tapped higher up by the grass stick (beating stick, or Ncinga). The beating stick ...
... string. The thumb and forefinger of the left hand control the string, the forefinger being moved rapidly to and fro against the string as the latter is tapped higher up by the grass stick (beating stick, or Ncinga). The beating stick ...
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... string, which is beaten and resounds in the calabash with a sound like gubu gubu, D X Xes (Kirby). String is of horsehair, X. 2. also calabash for drinking beer, Mp. 3. calabash for salt, Bh. 4. drum (i.e. European drum, as of Zionists) ...
... string, which is beaten and resounds in the calabash with a sound like gubu gubu, D X Xes (Kirby). String is of horsehair, X. 2. also calabash for drinking beer, Mp. 3. calabash for salt, Bh. 4. drum (i.e. European drum, as of Zionists) ...
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... string of sinew, tail hair or copper wire bound round it at each end. The stave is held in the mouth for resonance, and the string is plucked with a finger, or according to Kirby with a thin horn plectrum. Xhosa said it was played by ...
... string of sinew, tail hair or copper wire bound round it at each end. The stave is held in the mouth for resonance, and the string is plucked with a finger, or according to Kirby with a thin horn plectrum. Xhosa said it was played by ...
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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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