Madela strikes with a stone as a hammer on a butcher's knife in order to cut off the epiphysis from the metatarsus of a hind foot which is placed on a large stone

Bhidli in one of the typical Zulu men's sitting positions. Both sides his legs are sides tails, izinjongo (K. Schlosser's favourote picture of Bhidli!)

Bhidli has removed the upper meat tray and cuts the meat. On Bhidli's hips are his side tails,izinjong, seen.

Bhidli has put part of the meat on an enamel plate, to the left, and continues to cut the meat which is on the meat tray.

Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo, in Velabengasho Khumalo' kraal. He wears Velabengasho's dance crown from the winter feather of "isakabula", the long-tailed-bird, diatropure progne prons (Roberts, no.118).

On the way from Laduma Madela's kraal to Bhidli's kraal. From left to right: Ziphelaphi Mhlongo, Laduma Madela, Eric Khwela as interpreter. Ziphelaphi and eric Khwela carry my outfit.

Bhidli is churning medicine. he wears two necklaces from beads. To one of them small medicine bottles are attached, to the other one a medicine horn with anti-lightning medicine.

Portrait of Mbhekeni.(see the whole figure: F10/10.) Mbhekeni in Velabengasho's kraal. In his umqhele (head band) from leorpard skin are two crane feathers, one of them dyed red.

On the occasion of the wedding of his friend Mxoveni Khumalo, Mbhekeni Mbhekeni Mhlongo impresses the guests with a skin of a mamba snake he wears on his back. Thus he demonstrates that he is an inyanga (medicine man). In his armlet he wears an ostrich feather.