Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58, Issue 4The Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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40 Fingo , Mpondomise , Thembu : ochre , fat Nothing more . ( 1949 ) Duggan -
Cronin pl . 71 and legend Mpondomise : ochre ' The girl is rubbing the woman
with red clay to colour her skin . ' ( 1952 ) Weir p . 273 Xhosa : ochre “ There are ...
40 Fingo , Mpondomise , Thembu : ochre , fat Nothing more . ( 1949 ) Duggan -
Cronin pl . 71 and legend Mpondomise : ochre ' The girl is rubbing the woman
with red clay to colour her skin . ' ( 1952 ) Weir p . 273 Xhosa : ochre “ There are ...
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42 - 43 Xhosa : ochre Figure . Xhosa : red ochre for bride “ The women smear her
( the bride ) from head to toe with a red paste made from powdered ochre and
dress her in the style of a bride . ' Xhosa : red ochre ' After her first child is born ...
42 - 43 Xhosa : ochre Figure . Xhosa : red ochre for bride “ The women smear her
( the bride ) from head to toe with a red paste made from powdered ochre and
dress her in the style of a bride . ' Xhosa : red ochre ' After her first child is born ...
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Colour was obtained from various ochres , usually described as clay , and from
some plants . Soot was used for black . The people themselves distinguished two
sorts of ochre , that which was reduced to a powder after mining ( imbola or ...
Colour was obtained from various ochres , usually described as clay , and from
some plants . Soot was used for black . The people themselves distinguished two
sorts of ochre , that which was reduced to a powder after mining ( imbola or ...
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