Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 584
... beads ' The only people who do not wear beads for ornamentation are the diviners ( amaggira ) , who wear only white beads as status symbols . The diviners , commonly known as " white people " ( abantu abamhlophe ) or river spirits ...
... beads ' The only people who do not wear beads for ornamentation are the diviners ( amaggira ) , who wear only white beads as status symbols . The diviners , commonly known as " white people " ( abantu abamhlophe ) or river spirits ...
Page 859
... beads and buttons . Those then are to be considered at present the instruments of commerce and almost anything else though received as present will not be received in exchange . Value of strings of beads and the colour form and ...
... beads and buttons . Those then are to be considered at present the instruments of commerce and almost anything else though received as present will not be received in exchange . Value of strings of beads and the colour form and ...
Page 862
... beads ' In the afternoon I took a ride to a kraal & procured one cow for beads . ' Bomvana : barter cattle for beads p . 96 Nothing more . p . 104 note 54 Mpondo , Xhosa : trade ' Faco's country may be considered the Granary of the ...
... beads ' In the afternoon I took a ride to a kraal & procured one cow for beads . ' Bomvana : barter cattle for beads p . 96 Nothing more . p . 104 note 54 Mpondo , Xhosa : trade ' Faco's country may be considered the Granary of the ...
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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