. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. 14 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 3. Himba women coloured from top to toe with red ochre, eastern Kaokoveld 1974. In the Waterberg of northern South West Africa there was an open-pit mine for 'Raseneisenerz' which the Herero women ground on hollowed stones and mixed with sheep fat or butter for a cosmetic; this was the same iron ore that the Kwanyama of Ovamboland used for smelting iron (J. Gaerdes, Okahandja district, 1971 pers. comm.). The women also use the finely ground rind of Okatjikwe {Nicolasia felic
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. 14 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 3. Himba women coloured from top to toe with red ochre, eastern Kaokoveld 1974. In the Waterberg of northern South West Africa there was an open-pit mine for 'Raseneisenerz' which the Herero women ground on hollowed stones and mixed with sheep fat or butter for a cosmetic; this was the same iron ore that the Kwanyama of Ovamboland used for smelting iron (J. Gaerdes, Okahandja district, 1971 pers. comm.). The women also use the finely ground rind of Okatjikwe {Nicolasia felicioides) (Otto 1979). Along the Okavango River, the Mbukushu women plaster the front of their hair with clay and fat, and their hair is elongated with string or fibres and fat (Mertens 1974). The 'Vambunza' (Mbunza) rub butter on a corpse (Forg 1968), but in this instance pigments were not mentioned. The Ovambo use butter and animal fats, sometimes mixed with pigments, for cosmetic and ritual purposes; the earth pigments are red ochre, 'yellow clay', and white earth ( Jordon 1883: 526; Anderson 1888: 250; Galton 1889: 123, 130;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town [etc. ] The Museu
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