Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1982 - Natural history |
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... woman who is ill . A woman wearing boro will not look at a corpse for fear that the paint cannot be washed off again . When a woman has had a child and is not ill afterwards , she is rubbed all over with the red ochre paint ; when she ...
... woman who is ill . A woman wearing boro will not look at a corpse for fear that the paint cannot be washed off again . When a woman has had a child and is not ill afterwards , she is rubbed all over with the red ochre paint ; when she ...
Page 150
... woman had to interpret as nearly all the replies were in Nama , whether from young or old . Almost all the women were dressed in traditional long skirts with tight bodices . Ouderling ( Elder ) Swartbooi ( his mother was a Swartbooi ) ...
... woman had to interpret as nearly all the replies were in Nama , whether from young or old . Almost all the women were dressed in traditional long skirts with tight bodices . Ouderling ( Elder ) Swartbooi ( his mother was a Swartbooi ) ...
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... woman , reads : ' Her coiffure is made by unrolling the tight curls in which Bushman hair grows , pulling them out and rolling them with stiff fat . ' His plate 26 shows a ' Naron ' man with vertical initiation cuts between his brows ...
... woman , reads : ' Her coiffure is made by unrolling the tight curls in which Bushman hair grows , pulling them out and rolling them with stiff fat . ' His plate 26 shows a ' Naron ' man with vertical initiation cuts between his brows ...
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