Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1982 - Natural history |
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Page 72
... Sheep fat Thirty - four ( 14 % ) of the references to fat in this study specified sheep fat . Several of these indicated that the soft tail fat was specially liked . These references covered all the Hottentot areas over the last three ...
... Sheep fat Thirty - four ( 14 % ) of the references to fat in this study specified sheep fat . Several of these indicated that the soft tail fat was specially liked . These references covered all the Hottentot areas over the last three ...
Page 122
... Sheep's Skin . . . over their Shoulders , with a Leathern Cap upon their Heads , as full of Grease as it can hold ... Sheep or cow fat was used for bruises or rheumatism . They drank the milk of cows or sheep . Their pots were smeared ...
... Sheep's Skin . . . over their Shoulders , with a Leathern Cap upon their Heads , as full of Grease as it can hold ... Sheep or cow fat was used for bruises or rheumatism . They drank the milk of cows or sheep . Their pots were smeared ...
Page 128
... sheep's fat or with fat and butter , and bestrewn with buchu ; this clings to the body like a bark and in their opinion is very beneficial to the child's health ' ; it ' protects the child against any external attacks of the air ' ( pp ...
... sheep's fat or with fat and butter , and bestrewn with buchu ; this clings to the body like a bark and in their opinion is very beneficial to the child's health ' ; it ' protects the child against any external attacks of the air ' ( pp ...
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