Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58, Issue 4The Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Other tribes used to hold this latter feast , the Mpondo with dancing , the rest with
ritual rather than festivity . The Bhaca now celebrate it in a modified form only . On
such occasions there is a difference in the attire of the principal people ...
Other tribes used to hold this latter feast , the Mpondo with dancing , the rest with
ritual rather than festivity . The Bhaca now celebrate it in a modified form only . On
such occasions there is a difference in the attire of the principal people ...
Page 856
( So far no ritual significance in connection with this latter practice has been
discovered . ) Nowadays planks ( amapheli ) or sheets of corrugated iron are the
favourite vehicles , and the latter may take more than one person . Several
games are ...
( So far no ritual significance in connection with this latter practice has been
discovered . ) Nowadays planks ( amapheli ) or sheets of corrugated iron are the
favourite vehicles , and the latter may take more than one person . Several
games are ...
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augmented for the latter purpose by store - bought colour - washes ; clay for
pottery and toy - figure modelling , and mixed with skin scrapings for snuff - box
modelling ; lead for inlaying pipes ; horn , bone and ivory for small and generally
...
augmented for the latter purpose by store - bought colour - washes ; clay for
pottery and toy - figure modelling , and mixed with skin scrapings for snuff - box
modelling ; lead for inlaying pipes ; horn , bone and ivory for small and generally
...
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