Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 775
... medicine ' They still go down and burn certain medicines , a collection of grotesque and fanciful odds and ends , in the middle of their fields , in order to prevent their fields being bewitched , or the worm from injuring their mealies ...
... medicine ' They still go down and burn certain medicines , a collection of grotesque and fanciful odds and ends , in the middle of their fields , in order to prevent their fields being bewitched , or the worm from injuring their mealies ...
Page 816
... Medicines are collected in the veld and forest by the doctor . One visited in 1971 had aloes growing next to his cattle kraal , for use as medicine . PLATE 119 Euphorbia trees ; tribal medicines . 1. Two euphorbia trees ( umhlontlo ) ...
... Medicines are collected in the veld and forest by the doctor . One visited in 1971 had aloes growing next to his cattle kraal , for use as medicine . PLATE 119 Euphorbia trees ; tribal medicines . 1. Two euphorbia trees ( umhlontlo ) ...
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... medicines . Horns of various sizes , filled with medicine , may also be supplied to the patient as charms . For example the Bomvana place a horn filled with umhlabelo medicine on the roof , above the door and pointing toward an oncoming ...
... medicines . Horns of various sizes , filled with medicine , may also be supplied to the patient as charms . For example the Bomvana place a horn filled with umhlabelo medicine on the roof , above the door and pointing toward an oncoming ...
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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