Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 67
Page 690
clay for painting and apply it . If a man is unmarried , his mother must make it ready and apply it . ' pp . 165-166 Mpondo : ochres ' Their faces they paint in different ways and with different colours , such as red , yellow greenish ...
clay for painting and apply it . If a man is unmarried , his mother must make it ready and apply it . ' pp . 165-166 Mpondo : ochres ' Their faces they paint in different ways and with different colours , such as red , yellow greenish ...
Page 700
... paint . It is made by skimming the cream off the milk , and shaking it in a calabash . ' p . 90 Xhosa : prescribed cosmetics . . . there are occasions when the use of cosmetics is compulsory , sanctioned by tradition . . . . The ...
... paint . It is made by skimming the cream off the milk , and shaking it in a calabash . ' p . 90 Xhosa : prescribed cosmetics . . . there are occasions when the use of cosmetics is compulsory , sanctioned by tradition . . . . The ...
Page 876
... paint the boys with blue ( washing blue is used ) , red ochre and a black paint made usually of charred Mimosa wood . This is called Umsizi . Each boy is painted slightly differently . . . . The best dancer in each itonto is known as ...
... paint the boys with blue ( washing blue is used ) , red ochre and a black paint made usually of charred Mimosa wood . This is called Umsizi . Each boy is painted slightly differently . . . . The best dancer in each itonto is known as ...
Contents
Personal and general | 449 |
Costume and insignia | 558 |
Ornament | 606 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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