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... heads , faces and hands with the soot from the cooking - pots , and when they have none of this , they have recourse ... head to foot . The grease protects them from the air and sun and makes them healthy and fit . ' ' Their women grease ...
... heads , faces and hands with the soot from the cooking - pots , and when they have none of this , they have recourse ... head to foot . The grease protects them from the air and sun and makes them healthy and fit . ' ' Their women grease ...
Page 124
... heads with grease or fat ' ( 2 : 65 ) . ' The richer they are in cattle , the more they smear their karosses or sheep - fleeces and head - coverings ' ( 2 : 67 ) . ' The workings here are of red and white chalk , various sorts of mixed ...
... heads with grease or fat ' ( 2 : 65 ) . ' The richer they are in cattle , the more they smear their karosses or sheep - fleeces and head - coverings ' ( 2 : 67 ) . ' The workings here are of red and white chalk , various sorts of mixed ...
Page 214
... head anointed with red powder mixed with melted fat and then they were coarsely embalmed ' ( p . 254 ) . ( In the French edition this is ' grossièrement parfumée ' ; Schapera ( 1930 ) translated this as ' rudely perfumed ' ; in Stow ...
... head anointed with red powder mixed with melted fat and then they were coarsely embalmed ' ( p . 254 ) . ( In the French edition this is ' grossièrement parfumée ' ; Schapera ( 1930 ) translated this as ' rudely perfumed ' ; in Stow ...
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