Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 720
... snuff - box ' I also gave him a snuff - box ( worked over with beads ) , being all I had , . . . . ' p . 274 Cape Nguni : paste snuff - boxes ' The tribes bordering on the frontiers of the Cape Colony always preserve the shavings from ...
... snuff - box ' I also gave him a snuff - box ( worked over with beads ) , being all I had , . . . . ' p . 274 Cape Nguni : paste snuff - boxes ' The tribes bordering on the frontiers of the Cape Colony always preserve the shavings from ...
Page 729
• snuff contained in this may not be offered to anyone . It would be an insult to married women ( who use snuff and ... box round the neck . ' P. 28 Cape Nguni : paste snuff - box ' One of the earliest forms of snuff - boxes , which ...
• snuff contained in this may not be offered to anyone . It would be an insult to married women ( who use snuff and ... box round the neck . ' P. 28 Cape Nguni : paste snuff - box ' One of the earliest forms of snuff - boxes , which ...
Page 752
... snuff is ground it may be kept in a suitably large calabash , igula , but for personal daily use a small snuff - box , iqhaga , is carried . Snuff - boxes have generally been highly ornamental . They have been made of a variety of ...
... snuff is ground it may be kept in a suitably large calabash , igula , but for personal daily use a small snuff - box , iqhaga , is carried . Snuff - boxes have generally been highly ornamental . They have been made of a variety of ...
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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