Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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... animal to which the diviner stands on a special relationship . A vest may be worn on the torso . Many diviners wear a hat made of animal skin ( isidlokolo ) somewhat like a mitre in shape . The kinds of skin most commonly used are those ...
... animal to which the diviner stands on a special relationship . A vest may be worn on the torso . Many diviners wear a hat made of animal skin ( isidlokolo ) somewhat like a mitre in shape . The kinds of skin most commonly used are those ...
Page 723
... animal , and pound into a thick paste , adding a little finely powdered red clay . Having worked this into a proper consistency , they next proceed to form , with their fingers , in clay , the model of some animal , generally an ox or a ...
... animal , and pound into a thick paste , adding a little finely powdered red clay . Having worked this into a proper consistency , they next proceed to form , with their fingers , in clay , the model of some animal , generally an ox or a ...
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powdered roots of herbs , powdered parts of animals , reptiles and insects , and some of a supposed mystical nature ... animal behind . . . . The construction of this necklace is simple . A number of hairs are pulled out of the tail ...
powdered roots of herbs , powdered parts of animals , reptiles and insects , and some of a supposed mystical nature ... animal behind . . . . The construction of this necklace is simple . A number of hairs are pulled out of the tail ...
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Personal and general | 449 |
Costume and insignia | 558 |
Ornament | 606 |
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abakhwetha According animal anklet apron arm-bands assegai bangles beadwork Bhaca blanket body Bomvana boys brass rings breast-cloth burial buttons Caffres calabash Cape Nguni cattle ceremony charms chief cicatrization circumcision Ciskei cloak clothing colour copper cosmetics costume covered dancing decorated diviners dolls dress Xhosa eene euphorbia finger Fingo gall-bladders garment Gcaleka girdle girls goatskin grass hair hair-style Hammond-Tooke hanging head head-band head-cloth head-dress hemp Hlubi horn Hottentots initiation intonjane ivory Kaffir kaross khwetha Kirby kopere kraal legend loin-cloth Lusikisiki Makalima medicine Mpondo Mpondomise musical bow necklace necklet ornaments Xhosa paint penis-sheath piece pipe Pondoland red clay red ochre reed round the neck skin skirt smeared smoking snuff snuff-box snuff-spoon Sotho Stavenisse stick stone string tail Thembu thong tobacco Transkei tribes Tshezi ubulunga Umtata waist water-pipe wear white beads white clay Willowvale wire woman women wore worn round Xesibe young