Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1982 - Natural history |
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Page 128
... rubbed or rather washed with the juice squeezed from the Hottentot fig ' . When dry ' it is immediately and repeatedly rubbed with sheep's fat or with fat and butter , and bestrewn with buchu ; this clings to the body like a bark and in ...
... rubbed or rather washed with the juice squeezed from the Hottentot fig ' . When dry ' it is immediately and repeatedly rubbed with sheep's fat or with fat and butter , and bestrewn with buchu ; this clings to the body like a bark and in ...
Page 199
... rubbed with charcoal for strength . Cuts made during female initiation were rubbed with charcoal by Bushmen in central Angola and by the ! xóo in Botswana . The G / wi used ash and roots in cuts made in the skins of a young couple ...
... rubbed with charcoal for strength . Cuts made during female initiation were rubbed with charcoal by Bushmen in central Angola and by the ! xóo in Botswana . The G / wi used ash and roots in cuts made in the skins of a young couple ...
Page 219
... rubbed faces and limbs with fat or castor oil , the latter obtained from the Bantu , and used aromatic herbs as powder . They did not wash . Sometimes the women unwound their tight curls , mixed them with fat and drew them out into ...
... rubbed faces and limbs with fat or castor oil , the latter obtained from the Bantu , and used aromatic herbs as powder . They did not wash . Sometimes the women unwound their tight curls , mixed them with fat and drew them out into ...
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