Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 94The Museum, 1984 - Natural history |
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... Drums Drums played a significant role in public life and were played on many oc- casions of ritual and social importance . Drums were never individually owned . Every district head owned a set of drums and was responsible for their ...
... Drums Drums played a significant role in public life and were played on many oc- casions of ritual and social importance . Drums were never individually owned . Every district head owned a set of drums and was responsible for their ...
Page 122
... drums of different sizes are played together with the gôma . The longest and most important of these is gaedisô , which sounds the entry of solo dancers ; the other two are both called thithimedzhô . All are played by women using the ...
... drums of different sizes are played together with the gôma . The longest and most important of these is gaedisô , which sounds the entry of solo dancers ; the other two are both called thithimedzhô . All are played by women using the ...
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... drums for secular use there are four sacred drums ( digô- mana ) that are held in great awe and are associated with the chief and the wel- fare of the people . The following information was recorded by Krige & Krige ( 1943 : 126-127 ) ...
... drums for secular use there are four sacred drums ( digô- mana ) that are held in great awe and are associated with the chief and the wel- fare of the people . The following information was recorded by Krige & Krige ( 1943 : 126-127 ) ...
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abdominal segments Agraulomyrmex antennae apex Aphodius apical basket beads beer beetles calabash Cape Province Cape Town capensis carina carved clay clypeus colour cornuta cow-pats distal dorsal view drums dung E. J. Krige elytra Fabricius fairly fibre four setae Galea genus grass hairs head holotype horn Hypopharynx khôrô Krige & Krige Krige Collection Labrum lacinia laetus large numbers larvae lateral margin left lateral view left mandible Left maxilla legs length lobe Lobedu long setae longitudinal maize mandible material culture maxilla median mesothoracic Modjadji's village moestus molar area palp Palpifer Peringuey Phalaborwa planatus posterior procerus pronotum Ptychodactiaria Pupa right mandible rounded SAN DIEGO Scarabaeidae sclerotized setae setae present shiny similar skin slightly South Africa South African Museum species specimens examined spine-like setae spines spiracles stridulatory strong setae suture teeth tooth Trachipterus traditional transverse row tubercles utensils ventral ventral side ventral view vyali widely women wood wooden