Katesa Schlooser
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| A rondavel and a granary in the homestead of the chief (Chief Tembe of the Thonga people). To the right in the background the house from F18-24, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
A rondavel and a granary in the homestead of the chief (Chief Tembe of the Thonga people). To the right in the background the house from F18-24, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
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| Bottle race of the mothers, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
Bottle race of the mothers, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
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| Clay figures made by school children, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
Clay figures made by school children, Maputa, 1959 |
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| Clay figures of the school children, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
Clay figures of the school children, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
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| Craft market, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
For sale: basketwork, wooden walking sticks, to the left a stick in the shape of a snake. Two different kinds of racks for sleeping/sitting mats. One type consisting as usual of two parts not connected with each other. |
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| Detail of the wall construction, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
Detail of the wall construction of the hut, Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
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| Friend of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Bhidli in front of his cattle pen. In order to honour his ancestors. Bhidli nailed the horns of cattle and goats to some posts of his cattle pen. The cactus, imbuna, and other plants are preventing the witshes (abathakathi) to do mischief in the cattle pen. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
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). |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
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. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Thanking me for large colour poster Bhidli slaughtered a goat in my honour, bringing me thus in contact with his ancestor spirits. He did it in the same way as Velabengasho (see the album "Velabengasho Khumalo"). |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
The plants protecting Bhidli's cattle kraal/pen. To the right the flowering cactus, imbuna (in no dictionary). To the left an orchid, imfe yenkawu, elophia.. Bhidli "if you want to send a dream to someone you have to mix imfe yenkawu with other medicines. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
On a meat tray there are two longer hind feet and two shorter forefeet of the goat F.18/23 as well as wristlet, "isiphandla". Madela has cut it from the skin on the forehead of the goat. With this wristlet Bhidli honoured later on the author. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
With a pocket knife Madela cuts off those bones of the joints of the metatarsia which are used for dividing as dices (amathambo "bones). |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
The two ankle bones have been placed on the meat tray while Madela continues to work. His neck-band is from leopard skin. The Creator, Mvelinqangi, had told him to wear it. His necklaces are better seen on F19/20. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
On the meat tray at the metatarsia of the forefeet of the goat are the epiphyses visible but still in situ. At the longer metatarsia of the hind feet are the epiphyses visible in situ. The ankle bones (astralagi) have been placed next to the upper end of the metatarsia. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
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 |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Bhidli, Laduma and Eric Khwela eat from the goat's liver from the meat tray on which there is also coarse white salt, into which the pieces of the liver were dipped.Bhidli wers in the middle of his headring the head skin of a cata (which one?) and behind it two red Lourie feathers. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Laduma Madela in Bhidli's private hut. In front of him a meat tray with part of the boiled goar's meat covered with another, smaller meat tray. Madela in one of the typical Zulu men's sitting positions. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Bhidli has removed the upper meat tray and cuts the meat. On Bhidli's hips are his side tails,izinjong, seen. |
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| Friends of Laduma Madela on Ceza Mountain, Bhidli Mhlongo |
Bhidli points at his "bones" consisting of different materials, e.g. ankle bones and epiphyses, shells, stones, money etc. |