Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 847
... sticks is as constant an occupation of the Pondo as is playing with a ball of the English . . . . Boys race , swim , wrestle , and practise throwing sticks . One stick is thrown in the air , and others try to hit it before it falls ; a ...
... sticks is as constant an occupation of the Pondo as is playing with a ball of the English . . . . Boys race , swim , wrestle , and practise throwing sticks . One stick is thrown in the air , and others try to hit it before it falls ; a ...
Page 851
... stick fights ' However , happily , most stick - fights are in the nature of harmless amuse- ments . ' p . 87 Tshezi : dolls ' Little girls too enjoy themselves making dolls ( onopopi , from Afrikaans poppie , a little doll ) of maize ...
... stick fights ' However , happily , most stick - fights are in the nature of harmless amuse- ments . ' p . 87 Tshezi : dolls ' Little girls too enjoy themselves making dolls ( onopopi , from Afrikaans poppie , a little doll ) of maize ...
Page 856
... stick . Xhosa and Thembu informants said that tops were a new thing learnt at school or bought from shops , but other Thembu said they used to be made of clay . Xesibe said they were made out of the igeli root . The sticks that boys ...
... stick . Xhosa and Thembu informants said that tops were a new thing learnt at school or bought from shops , but other Thembu said they used to be made of clay . Xesibe said they were made out of the igeli root . The sticks that boys ...
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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