Katesa Schlosser
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| Under the roof of Velabengasho's great hut |
( Continuation of no. 2 F 10/15). To the left: The black mamba. Top maize cob for seed. To the right: sorghum for seed. |
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| Under the roof of Velabengasho's great hut |
The same rafter as no 4. Two pairs of goat horns nailed to it and some remnants of horns. fixed behind purlins two spoons. Stuck into the roof straw a knobkerrie which Velabengasho used to return the lighting to that witch he had sent lightning. |
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| Under the roof of Velabengasho's great hut |
Above the hut's door opening. Horns of a goat nailed to a rafter. Remnants of the other horns below them. Moreover lower yaws of goats and of a black sheep ram and shoulder bladers of goats, etc. Part of a hen's wishbone. |
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| Under the roof of Velabengasho's great hut |
The gall bladders and the heavy lump of fat from no 2. To the right dried leaves. As soon as it started thundering Velabengasho took part of the leaves and burnt them. |
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| Under the roof of Velabengasho's great hut |
To the left: The fish cut open and spread asunder from no 1. The salamander from no 1. The entire green mamba, the head of which is wound around a black mamba. The skin of a black mamba is fitted upon a very long stick. |
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| Under the roof of Velabengasho's great hut |
As in most of the photos there is a garland from impepho, helichrysmu miconiaefolium, by which the ancestors ghosts are honoured. |
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| Two types of millets, Golela, 1953 |
Two types of millets, Golela, July 1953 |
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| Two Swazi girls (see F16-13 and F16-21), Golela, July 1953 |
Two Swazi girls (see F16-13 and F16-21), Golela, July 1953 |
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| Two girls carrying water from the Pongolo River, Phongolo, 12 June 1959 |
Two girls carrying water from the Pongolo River, Phongolo, 12 June 1959 |
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| Two beaded waistcoats, Bantu Agricultural show, Hlabisa, 1959 |
Two beaded waistcoats, Bantu Agricultural show, Hlabisa, 1959. |
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| Two beaded ribbons for the head, Bantu Agricultural show, Hlabisa, 1959 |
Two beaded ribbons for the head, and two triangular ornaments, Bantu Agricultural show, Hlabisa, 1959 |
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| Three Swazi girls, Golela, July 1953 |
Three Swazi girls, Golela, July 1953 |
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| The weapons |
The weapos from F.5/5a in full size. behind the long wooden spears Madela's peaked cap decorated with genet skin which he liked to wear in 1977 already. |
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| The underskin of the porcupine skin |
The underside of the porcupine skin. |
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| The skin of the goat pegged |
The skin of the goat ha been pegged in Laduma's kraal. |
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| The road leading from Thulasizwe Hospital |
The road leading from Thulasizwe Hospital (about 3 to 4 km to the left) towards Ceza Hospital and village. |
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| The right side of Laduma's outfit. |
The right side of Laduma's outfit. His hat is decorated on the right side with two wing ends of the red-winged starling, Onychognathus morio morio. |
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| The plain with ilala palms, Ingwavuma and Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
The plain with ilala palms, Ingwavuma and Maputa, 12 June 1959 |
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| The partly finished meat tray and the edze |
The partly finished meat tray and the edze. |
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| The lower part of the central pole with Laduma's bed in the background |
Varied detail of F 6/3a |