Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 847
... dolls , of clay , izi - tomo , resembling those of the earliest races of mankind , in which the most notable thing was the want of proportion in the size of the different parts of the body . The clay oxen that Xosa boys burn today show ...
... dolls , of clay , izi - tomo , resembling those of the earliest races of mankind , in which the most notable thing was the want of proportion in the size of the different parts of the body . The clay oxen that Xosa boys burn today show ...
Page 851
... dolls ' Little girls too enjoy themselves making dolls ( onopopi , from Afrikaans poppie , a little doll ) of maize cobs , which they dress up with old rags , unless an obliging mother makes appropriate dresses for them . These dolls ...
... dolls ' Little girls too enjoy themselves making dolls ( onopopi , from Afrikaans poppie , a little doll ) of maize cobs , which they dress up with old rags , unless an obliging mother makes appropriate dresses for them . These dolls ...
Page 877
... dolls , love charm Cape Nguni : dolls 1961 De Lange pp . 86 , 88 , 90 , figs 2 , 3 p . 86 ' The keeping and making of symbolic dolls is a tradition conceived , organised and perpetuated by the women - folk alone , .. p . 88 Cape Nguni ...
... dolls , love charm Cape Nguni : dolls 1961 De Lange pp . 86 , 88 , 90 , figs 2 , 3 p . 86 ' The keeping and making of symbolic dolls is a tradition conceived , organised and perpetuated by the women - folk alone , .. p . 88 Cape Nguni ...
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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