Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 453
... Hottentots , inasmuch as they cover with a little cap , or case , made of the skin of an animal the extremities only of what modesty should teach them to conceal entirely . This socket , resembling the extremity of the thumb of a glove ...
... Hottentots , inasmuch as they cover with a little cap , or case , made of the skin of an animal the extremities only of what modesty should teach them to conceal entirely . This socket , resembling the extremity of the thumb of a glove ...
Page 455
... Hottentots portent sur les reins par derrière , les femmes Caffres la font remonter jusqu'aux aisselles , et l'attachent au - dessus de la gorge qui en est couverte . Elles ont aussi , comme leurs maris , le kros ou manteau . Quel que ...
... Hottentots portent sur les reins par derrière , les femmes Caffres la font remonter jusqu'aux aisselles , et l'attachent au - dessus de la gorge qui en est couverte . Elles ont aussi , comme leurs maris , le kros ou manteau . Quel que ...
Page 742
... ( Hottentots ) . Whatever the origin of the two narcotics , both came to be cultivated by Bantu - speakers , and were well established by the time of European contact . HEMP ( DAGGA ) By the end of the seventeenth century at least and ...
... ( Hottentots ) . Whatever the origin of the two narcotics , both came to be cultivated by Bantu - speakers , and were well established by the time of European contact . HEMP ( DAGGA ) By the end of the seventeenth century at least and ...
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