Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1976 - Natural history |
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... containers for fat and ochre used for cosmetic purposes , snuff - boxes , penis - sheaths and rattles . Medicine ... container and utensil , but a few references mention its use for a trap , a lamp or a water - vessel for a pipe . The ...
... containers for fat and ochre used for cosmetic purposes , snuff - boxes , penis - sheaths and rattles . Medicine ... container and utensil , but a few references mention its use for a trap , a lamp or a water - vessel for a pipe . The ...
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... containers have been discussed separately from calabashes used in rituals as the latter formed part of a rite in which supernatural powers were manipulated whereas the former were used only as containers . According to information from ...
... containers have been discussed separately from calabashes used in rituals as the latter formed part of a rite in which supernatural powers were manipulated whereas the former were used only as containers . According to information from ...
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... containers but these were not seen . WATER AND BEER FLASKS Terms : igapha - beer calabash ( Goedgedacht , Nebo , 1972 ) ; ikapho - open calabash used for water ( Goedgedacht , Nebo , 1972 ) . Ndzundza The only information found in the ...
... containers but these were not seen . WATER AND BEER FLASKS Terms : igapha - beer calabash ( Goedgedacht , Nebo , 1972 ) ; ikapho - open calabash used for water ( Goedgedacht , Nebo , 1972 ) . Ndzundza The only information found in the ...
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Africa beads beer Bergville Bhaca Bomvana bone bowl branded Breyer-Brandwijk 1962 Bryant calabash Cape Nguni Cape Town carved ceremonies cloaks club cm long decorated diviner Doke & Vilakazi Drakensberg Drakensberg area Duggan-Cronin Essexvale Fynn Gitywa goatskin gourd Groblersdal Hammond-Tooke handle head headrests hide Hlubi hole horn information was obtained Ingwavuma ivory Kirby Krige Kropf Kuper ladle Libode literature London Mahlabatini Marwick medicine flasks Mfengu milk calabash milk-pail Mpondo Mpondomise Msinga area museum collections museum specimens musical bow NASKO Natal Natal Nguni Ndebele Ndzundza necklet Nguni nineteenth century Nongoma Northern Transvaal Ndebele Nqutu ornaments penis-sheaths Pietermaritzburg pipes recorded SAN DIEGO scoops shaft shape Shaw shields skin skin-dressing skirt snuff-box snuff-spoons South African Museum Southern Natal Southern Nguni specimens seen spoon stick Swazi Terms Thembu thongs Tjolotjo Transkei Tugela Ferry Warmelo Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk Webb & Wright women wood wooden worn Xesibe Xhosa Zulu Zululand