Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1982 - Natural history |
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... hands and arms were cleaned with dung ; Napier ( 1849 ) wrote that ' 200 years ago faces and hands were cleaned with dung and men applied it to their bodies with fat and reddish clay ' , but the use of red ochre together with dung and ...
... hands and arms were cleaned with dung ; Napier ( 1849 ) wrote that ' 200 years ago faces and hands were cleaned with dung and men applied it to their bodies with fat and reddish clay ' , but the use of red ochre together with dung and ...
Page 84
... hands Tanning leather And new - born Especially after childbirth And hands And reddish clay And hands Hands And hands Contents of stomach , when taboo broken And with sand to make hut floor To close opening of butter or fat bag For ...
... hands Tanning leather And new - born Especially after childbirth And hands And reddish clay And hands Hands And hands Contents of stomach , when taboo broken And with sand to make hut floor To close opening of butter or fat bag For ...
Page 128
... hands . . . to furbish and decorate themselves and be admired and praised by the others ' ( p . 273 ) . Mentzel was told that besmearing ' is done for no other reason than to make their body and limbs supple and slim and keep them so ...
... hands . . . to furbish and decorate themselves and be admired and praised by the others ' ( p . 273 ) . Mentzel was told that besmearing ' is done for no other reason than to make their body and limbs supple and slim and keep them so ...
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