Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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... woods are chosen , particularly Acacia caffra , umnyamanzi , and Miletia caffra , the heart - wood of which has a good colour and is capable of taking a high polish . The root portion is liked particularly , as is old wood . The stem is ...
... woods are chosen , particularly Acacia caffra , umnyamanzi , and Miletia caffra , the heart - wood of which has a good colour and is capable of taking a high polish . The root portion is liked particularly , as is old wood . The stem is ...
Page 814
... wood , and may be chewed from time to time . Sometimes the wood is made into beads . A wood much favoured is sandalwood , umthombothi . It is safe to say that all necklaces containing wood are charms . Shells , especially Nerita sp ...
... wood , and may be chewed from time to time . Sometimes the wood is made into beads . A wood much favoured is sandalwood , umthombothi . It is safe to say that all necklaces containing wood are charms . Shells , especially Nerita sp ...
Page 838
... wood and cow - tail hair . According to Kirby it was not very popular in the Cape . He saw one amongst the Xhosa of Dordrecht and there is an example from Pondoland in the Albany Museum ( Pl . 120 : 3 ) . Informants in 1948 and 1955 did ...
... wood and cow - tail hair . According to Kirby it was not very popular in the Cape . He saw one amongst the Xhosa of Dordrecht and there is an example from Pondoland in the Albany Museum ( Pl . 120 : 3 ) . Informants in 1948 and 1955 did ...
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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