. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. . Fig. 16. !kung man undergoing medicinal scarification. The scars are rubbed with fat and herbs (from colour slides by Anthony Bannister). and yellow fungus powder was smeared on the body against cold and heat; 'Masarwa' women smeared fat and charcoal on themselves 'to become fat again'; in the northern Cape a mixture of fat and specularite was rubbed into the hair (Bleek & Lloyd (1911) did not specify the sex); Theal (1916, 1919) wrote vaguely of the use of fat with soot and 'coloured clay'; according to Dornan
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. . Fig. 16. !kung man undergoing medicinal scarification. The scars are rubbed with fat and herbs (from colour slides by Anthony Bannister). and yellow fungus powder was smeared on the body against cold and heat; 'Masarwa' women smeared fat and charcoal on themselves 'to become fat again'; in the northern Cape a mixture of fat and specularite was rubbed into the hair (Bleek & Lloyd (1911) did not specify the sex); Theal (1916, 1919) wrote vaguely of the use of fat with soot and 'coloured clay'; according to Dornan (1925), the Kalahari (Botswana) Bushmen used fat and soot or red and white 'clay' to protect the skin. There is thus further evidence that among various Bushman groups fat was used as a medium for body paints. According to Ellenberger (1953), the Bushmen were said to have used melted fat with pigments (but not 'ochre') for rock 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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