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 561
... tail or ear of an elephant, which, when the animal is killed, is always carried to the king, they have also sometimes the tail of a tiger drawn on a stick and placed by the door or the thatch of their hut.” p. 81 Xhosa: elephant tail ...
... tail or ear of an elephant, which, when the animal is killed, is always carried to the king, they have also sometimes the tail of a tiger drawn on a stick and placed by the door or the thatch of their hut.” p. 81 Xhosa: elephant tail ...
Page 565
... tail Nothing more. 1835 Alexander (1837) 1 pp. 386, 395; 2 p. 111 Xhosa: insignia, doctor's dress 1 p. 386 Xhosa: crane feathers Nothing more. p. 395 Xhosa: jackal and elephant tails 'A chief sends a message accompanied with a jackal's ...
... tail Nothing more. 1835 Alexander (1837) 1 pp. 386, 395; 2 p. 111 Xhosa: insignia, doctor's dress 1 p. 386 Xhosa: crane feathers Nothing more. p. 395 Xhosa: jackal and elephant tails 'A chief sends a message accompanied with a jackal's ...
Page 604
... tail on the roof. When an elephant was killed, the ears, the end of the trunk and the tail were taken to the chief, whose prerogative it was to receive them. Authors differ as to whether both ears and tail were suspended from the pole ...
... tail on the roof. When an elephant was killed, the ears, the end of the trunk and the tail were taken to the chief, whose prerogative it was to receive them. Authors differ as to whether both ears and tail were suspended from the pole ...
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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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