Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 94The Museum, 1984 - Natural history |
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... village for secular use as this would reduce their supernatural potency . The same taboo ap- plied and still applies ... villages from evil spirits . Twigs from the khadi creeper ( Adenia gumnifera ) , which contains much moisture in its ...
... village for secular use as this would reduce their supernatural potency . The same taboo ap- plied and still applies ... villages from evil spirits . Twigs from the khadi creeper ( Adenia gumnifera ) , which contains much moisture in its ...
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... village ( Fig . 73A ) is surrounded by a palisade of pointed or forked poles ( Fig . 73B ) that may only be used in the villages of chiefs or headmen . Headmen from all the districts are called up to provide poles for the Queen's khôrô ...
... village ( Fig . 73A ) is surrounded by a palisade of pointed or forked poles ( Fig . 73B ) that may only be used in the villages of chiefs or headmen . Headmen from all the districts are called up to provide poles for the Queen's khôrô ...
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... village is usually positioned opposite the main entrance but , apart from this , there is no ranking of household units within the village . In smaller settlements there is no khôrô and huts are arranged in an arc or straight line . 1 ...
... village is usually positioned opposite the main entrance but , apart from this , there is no ranking of household units within the village . In smaller settlements there is no khôrô and huts are arranged in an arc or straight line . 1 ...
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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