Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 762
... cairns Cape Nguni : burial ' Excepting infants , the Chiefs and their principal wives are the only persons who are at present privileged with the rites of sepulture . . . . The place of burial is the cattle - fold ; in which are the ...
... cairns Cape Nguni : burial ' Excepting infants , the Chiefs and their principal wives are the only persons who are at present privileged with the rites of sepulture . . . . The place of burial is the cattle - fold ; in which are the ...
Page 785
... cairns ' All through Pondoland there are cairns of stones called isivivane . Passers - by used to pick up a stone , spit on it , and say as they placed it on the pile , " Isivivane give me strength and health ” . . . . No one ever went ...
... cairns ' All through Pondoland there are cairns of stones called isivivane . Passers - by used to pick up a stone , spit on it , and say as they placed it on the pile , " Isivivane give me strength and health ” . . . . No one ever went ...
Page 819
... Cairns Isivivane is the name of the cairn that is still to be seen in places in the Transkei and Ciskei and that has been the subject of much discussion in the literature . From the earliest enquirer , Van der Kemp in 1800 , to this ...
... Cairns Isivivane is the name of the cairn that is still to be seen in places in the Transkei and Ciskei and that has been the subject of much discussion in the literature . From the earliest enquirer , Van der Kemp in 1800 , to this ...
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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