Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 682
... practice between the west and the east . Although one or other form was the usual practice throughout the area , all records agree that it was a matter of individual choice , and followed more by women than by men . Amongst Xhosa ...
... practice between the west and the east . Although one or other form was the usual practice throughout the area , all records agree that it was a matter of individual choice , and followed more by women than by men . Amongst Xhosa ...
Page 684
... practice of amputating the terminal joint of one finger ( Pls 103 : 2 ; 108 : 8 ) , which was common though not universal among all the tribes of the Cape , except the Fingo . It is possible that the practice was adopted from the ...
... practice of amputating the terminal joint of one finger ( Pls 103 : 2 ; 108 : 8 ) , which was common though not universal among all the tribes of the Cape , except the Fingo . It is possible that the practice was adopted from the ...
Page 819
... practice was copied from the Khoikhoi ( Hottentots ) who were in the western part of the area at least , before the Nguni , and who had the custom of throwing stones on to graves . But cairns are well known in other parts of South ...
... practice was copied from the Khoikhoi ( Hottentots ) who were in the western part of the area at least , before the Nguni , and who had the custom of throwing stones on to graves . But cairns are well known in other parts of South ...
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Personal and general | 449 |
Costume and insignia | 558 |
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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