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p . 277 Tshezi : diviners ' dress ' The diviners , some male , some female , were beautifully ornamented with white beads . I did not see the things that characterised the old - time pictures of " witch - doctors " that is skirts of ...
p . 277 Tshezi : diviners ' dress ' The diviners , some male , some female , were beautifully ornamented with white beads . I did not see the things that characterised the old - time pictures of " witch - doctors " that is skirts of ...
Page 584
... diviner's dress , Xhosa : diviners ' 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 ...
... diviner's dress , Xhosa : diviners ' 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 ...
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... diviner , the ' witchdoctor ' of the literature , igqira ( Bhaca isangoma ) , who is as much concerned with prevention as with cure , and attempts both by magical means . Diviners are able to smell out evil - doers . It is they who ...
... diviner , the ' witchdoctor ' of the literature , igqira ( Bhaca isangoma ) , who is as much concerned with prevention as with cure , and attempts both by magical means . Diviners are able to smell out evil - doers . It is they who ...
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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