Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979
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30 April 1979
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F14/26
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Medicines for provoking death by magic, umbhulelo. Top: A. 7cm long twig of the small shrub umbheza, andrachne ovalis. Madela also calls it umgwazucaca, i.e. "He who kills to such and extent that dead people lie around everywhere-- left: Blood from umdlebe, ca. 3x3 cm, i.e. congealed milk sap from synadenium cupulare-- Right: Seed of the umdlebe tree, Synadenium cupulare (Euphorbiaceae). Diameter 5,5 -6 cm. (cf. Medizinen, plate 26 top and pp. 111, 112.)
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