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Page 783
... charms ' Shortly after the child is born the roots of a certain plant are brought home and hung up in the hut above the child's sleeping place , as a charm to ward off any evil influence from it . Each mother believes in the efficacy of ...
... charms ' Shortly after the child is born the roots of a certain plant are brought home and hung up in the hut above the child's sleeping place , as a charm to ward off any evil influence from it . Each mother believes in the efficacy of ...
Page 806
... charms , which were tied up in a blanket or strung up as a necklace , to ward off evil or secure good , D. 2. wooden beads used as charm ( Bo - Cook 1931 ) . 3. wooden beads ( Mzamane ) . 4. actually the modern meaning , which is ...
... charms , which were tied up in a blanket or strung up as a necklace , to ward off evil or secure good , D. 2. wooden beads used as charm ( Bo - Cook 1931 ) . 3. wooden beads ( Mzamane ) . 4. actually the modern meaning , which is ...
Page 814
... charms are frequently bits of root or wood , and may be chewed from time to time . Sometimes the wood is made into beads . A wood much favoured is sandalwood , umthombothi . It is safe to say that all necklaces containing wood are charms ...
... charms are frequently bits of root or wood , and may be chewed from time to time . Sometimes the wood is made into beads . A wood much favoured is sandalwood , umthombothi . It is safe to say that all necklaces containing wood are charms ...
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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