. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 180 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM composition to the Venda 'beads of the water', vhulungu vha madi, described by Van Riet Lowe (1937: 368), Dicke (1937: 406), and Schofield (1958: 189-192). Ancestral beads, presented by Krige in 1937 to the Archaeology Department of the University of the Witwatersrand, were seen by the author. They include blue-green, modala, cobalt blue, modzike and thanganwe, red, mokhwibidu, green, lethodi, yellow, thaha, and opaque white, khefhago. Many are small cane or sna
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 180 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM composition to the Venda 'beads of the water', vhulungu vha madi, described by Van Riet Lowe (1937: 368), Dicke (1937: 406), and Schofield (1958: 189-192). Ancestral beads, presented by Krige in 1937 to the Archaeology Department of the University of the Witwatersrand, were seen by the author. They include blue-green, modala, cobalt blue, modzike and thanganwe, red, mokhwibidu, green, lethodi, yellow, thaha, and opaque white, khefhago. Many are small cane or snap beads having a waxy, translucent quaUty. The dark cobalt-blue beads tend to be larger. These beads and other ancient beads were and still are regarded by the Lobedu as thugula or sacred 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 : The Museum
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