Katesa Schlosser
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| Under the roof of Velabengasho's great hut |
Below the dried snake skins from No. 8 Velabengasho's small "red" dance shield from dried ox hide. |
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| Under the roof of Velabengasho's great hut |
Half head skin of a shark. it is the skin of the smooth hound. mustelus lavis which gets about 150cm long. it is unknown to me how Velabengasho got this half head skin so far away in the interior of the country. |
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| Under the roof of Velabengasho's great hut |
( Continuation of 10= F 10/21. It ends at the right side at 3= F. 10/17) To the left the shark's head skin and the bones of the umhlangwe from no 10. it follows Velabengasho's large dance shield and partly underneathit, two skins of goats... |
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| Unterwegs mit bruder jakob vom Benedictine Mission Hospital in Nongoma von T. Qwabe. |
Unterwegs mit Bruder Jakob vom Benedictine Mission Hospital in Nongoma zum kraal von T. Qwabe, Bantu Agricultural show in Nongoma. 4 Juni 1959. |
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| Unterwegs mit bruder jakob vom Benedictine Mission Hospital in Nongoma von T. Qwabe. |
Unterwegs mit Bruder Jakob vom Benedictine Mission Hospital in Nongoma zum kral von T. Qwabe. Bantu Agricultural show in Nongoma, 5 Juni 1959. |
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| Velabengasho's kraal in 1979/1980, at Christmas/ New year |
Christmas. In the foreground Velabengasho's kraal. The second hut from left is his Great hut, indlunkulu. in front of the kraal a large field with sweet potatoes, and some sugar cane, behind the huts maize fields and bananas. |
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| Velabengashongo at his brother's Mxoveni wedding |
Velabengasho giyas ( performs war dances) on the second wedding of his elder brother Mxoveni, who was a widower. |
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| Velabengashongo at his brother's Mxoveni wedding |
Same situation. He has fixed the white cloth here on his right arm. Our bandoliers from glass beads, a stiff beaded belt, and on top on his rear apron: rectangular bead ornaments, which are seen to the left side. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Little girls from Laduma's kraal fetch water for washing in a canal leading downhill from well. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
The ox which is going to be killed by Mashingeni Khumalo with a single stroke of the spear is fastened with a grass rope to a tree. Suasa as the social father of the family is going up and down with his knobstick and praises the ancestors of Madela's to the honour of whom the ox will be killed. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
The killed ox is cut by the slaughterer Mashingeni Khumalo. Behind his a son of Susa. To the right Laduma's friend, the old Mjijani Nkonkonyane Madide. To the left of Mashingeni is Mbabazeni Madela. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Susa's son cooks the ox meat. To the right Mashingeni Khumalo |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
Susa Madela starts to perform war dancers in front of the row of the dancers |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in March and April 1979 |
As F5/34. The men in the row of the dancers shout velabengasho's praises |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
The authors' farewell visit to Laduma Madela. Laduma hands over to Eric Khwela as his intermediary the gifts for the author: a battle axe he made for her and the now finished inhlendla from F.1979/II, F.12/1a. To the right waves Mbhekeni Mhlongo a whisk. With green headcloth his mother. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Madela puts spear into the hearth from twigs. He will blow the fire up with his mouth. He has no bellow.(Cf."Handwerke", plate 1 top, and p. 94.) |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Feasting on oxmeat dipped in coarse white salt. To the left Seven Khumalo. Another man cuts the meat strips zigzag into imibengo |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Another young man dressed up. Behind his shield from oxhide a protection from the hand expanded plastics. His knobkerries is of the type isagila.(Cf."Madelas Tierleben", p.290.) In black and white. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Bafungile dressed up in an impressive way as the wife of s great medicine man, she herself being an inyangakazi, a female doctor. As bandolier of respect, isihlonipho, she wears a long chain of python bones, iziqu zenhlwathi. Such a bandolier was not observed by the author with any other women. |
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| Visit to Laduma Madela's kraal in September and October 1979 with a festival on 30th September |
Alexina's son Mbongeleni Dlakude with a white cotton cloth which his mother decorated with glass bead ornaments and with metal bells. (Cf. "Handwerke", plate 106 bottom left, and pp.106/107.) |