Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 760
... person is put in in a sitting posture , large stones on each side of the dead person & one above ; all is covered over with earth tightly so that the wolves may not get to him . ' p . 222 Thembu : burial ' When a person appears to be ...
... person is put in in a sitting posture , large stones on each side of the dead person & one above ; all is covered over with earth tightly so that the wolves may not get to him . ' p . 222 Thembu : burial ' When a person appears to be ...
Page 809
... person may practise after an apprenticeship , and diviners to follow a vocation to which people feel a supernatural call and into which they are first apprenticed and finally ceremonially initiated . Both will treat crops and stock as ...
... person may practise after an apprenticeship , and diviners to follow a vocation to which people feel a supernatural call and into which they are first apprenticed and finally ceremonially initiated . Both will treat crops and stock as ...
Page 888
... person , or indicate special personal con- ditions . Again the pattern of who wears what on which occasion shows up . White in particular indicates everywhere a state separate from normal . Red on the other hand is said among Xhosa and ...
... person , or indicate special personal con- ditions . Again the pattern of who wears what on which occasion shows up . White in particular indicates everywhere a state separate from normal . Red on the other hand is said among Xhosa and ...
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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