Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58The Museum, 1981 - Natural history |
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Page 295
... carried iminqayi . When a man took his daughter away to be married , he carried his umnqayi . When the men went to consult a witch doctor , it was the umnqayi also which they carried . The induku knob stick was carried only in hunting ...
... carried iminqayi . When a man took his daughter away to be married , he carried his umnqayi . When the men went to consult a witch doctor , it was the umnqayi also which they carried . The induku knob stick was carried only in hunting ...
Page 322
... carried by warriors in their bundle of spears , for use as a first defence when attacked . Carmichael describes it as being tapered for use also as a fire - stick . Sticks were always carried by men when dancing ( Pl . 44 : 2 ) . When ...
... carried by warriors in their bundle of spears , for use as a first defence when attacked . Carmichael describes it as being tapered for use also as a fire - stick . Sticks were always carried by men when dancing ( Pl . 44 : 2 ) . When ...
Page 334
... carried by the western tribes even in peace time was seven in a bundle ( isirweqe ) , sometimes tied , with one or two sticks or a club . In war more would be carried . According to Walker , the Mpondo and immigrant tribes carried one ...
... carried by the western tribes even in peace time was seven in a bundle ( isirweqe ) , sometimes tied , with one or two sticks or a club . In war more would be carried . According to Walker , the Mpondo and immigrant tribes carried one ...
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According Alberti animals assegai Baines baskets beer Bhaca bird-lime birds Bizana blade Bo Mp Bomvana bows and arrows boys bundle Bushmen Caffre calabash Cape Nguni Cape tribes carried cattle chief club confirmed Curtisia diameter Döhne eene eenen Elliotdale 1948 Fingo fire-sticks fish Fritsch grain grass grinding-stones Griqualand East ground Hammond-Tooke hand handle hide Hlubi Hottentots Hunter hunting intonga iron isithebe Kaffir kill Kiri knife knobbed sticks knobkerries kraal Lichtenstein 1811 Lusikisiki maize meat milk milk-basket milk-sack mortar and pestle mortars Mp Xes Mpondo Mpondomise Mt Ayliff noose okanye pestle PLATE plough Pondoland pots pron quiver Schild shaft Shaw shield Xhosa skin snare sneezewood Soga Sotho spade spear spears Xhosa spoon stabbing Stavenisse stone Thembu thong threshing throwing Transkei trap umnqayi Umtata utensils weapons Willowvale women wood wooden wordt X-McLaren Xes Bh Xesibe zeer zich zijn Zoll