Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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... according to Streatfeild ( 1878 ) anyone who could afford to buy one might wear it . According to Van der Kemp the ivory arm - bands were peculiar to the subjects of Ngqika ( Gaika ) , and certainly most of the notices in the literature ...
... according to Streatfeild ( 1878 ) anyone who could afford to buy one might wear it . According to Van der Kemp the ivory arm - bands were peculiar to the subjects of Ngqika ( Gaika ) , and certainly most of the notices in the literature ...
Page 838
... According to Kirby it was not very popular in the Cape . He saw one amongst the Xhosa of Dordrecht and there is an example from Pondoland in the Albany Museum ( Pl . 120 : 3 ) . Informants in 1948 and 1955 did not appear to know it ...
... According to Kirby it was not very popular in the Cape . He saw one amongst the Xhosa of Dordrecht and there is an example from Pondoland in the Albany Museum ( Pl . 120 : 3 ) . Informants in 1948 and 1955 did not appear to know it ...
Page 844
... According to Alberti it was played only by the Gonaqua Hottentots who had been absorbed by the Xhosa , but 25 years later it was noted among the Thembu , and the Mpondo certainly knew it too ( Pl . 121 : 1 ) . Modern Xhosa knew it , but ...
... According to Alberti it was played only by the Gonaqua Hottentots who had been absorbed by the Xhosa , but 25 years later it was noted among the Thembu , and the Mpondo certainly knew it too ( Pl . 121 : 1 ) . Modern Xhosa knew it , but ...
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