Handbook to the ethnographical collections . aross) is very characteristic of the area ; thepeculiar costumes of the Herero Avomen withtheir leaf-like appendages and iron and egg-shell beads call for special mention. Hair-dressing is not elaborate : Zulu married menwear a libre head-ring sewn to the hair andplastered with wax or earth. Ornaments areworn in great variet). The Namaqua alonetatu ; tooth mutilation is found among theHerero, nose-piercing among the is found amongst all the Bantuexcept the Zulu tribes, amongst whom it wasabolished by Chaka. The Bushmen arehunter
Handbook to the ethnographical collections . aross) is very characteristic of the area ; thepeculiar costumes of the Herero Avomen withtheir leaf-like appendages and iron and egg-shell beads call for special mention. Hair-dressing is not elaborate : Zulu married menwear a libre head-ring sewn to the hair andplastered with wax or earth. Ornaments areworn in great variet). The Namaqua alonetatu ; tooth mutilation is found among theHerero, nose-piercing among the is found amongst all the Bantuexcept the Zulu tribes, amongst whom it wasabolished by Chaka. The Bushmen arehunters, the Hottentots and Western Bantupastoral, the eastern and central Bantu agri- ;-stick with horn point andBushman. S. Africa. AFKICA 213 culturists usually possessing at the same time large herds ofcattle, and the diet of the people varies accordingly. Cattle areonly occasionally slaughtered for food. Huts are of two kinds,beehive (East and West Bantu and Hottentots), and circularwith conical roof (BeChuana); the temhe, or continuous line. Fig. 187.—Axes from South Africa, a, b. Zulu (agriculture), c. Zulu-Xosa(war). (/. BoCliuana (war), e,/, g. BaSuto (war). /(. BeCiiuana (war). of dwellings, is found amongst the WaHehe. Pile and treedwellings were adopted Jjy tlio BaKucna (BeCliuana) tribe afterthey had Ijcen bnjken up by raiders. Johacco is used overywlurefor smoking and snulling. Tlie liiishmen were living in thestone age at the time of their discovery, using stone knives, whichthoy often i)repared on the spot and threw away after use ; anda digging-stick with stone weight and horn point ((ig. l-SO). All 214 AFRICA the other tribes smelt and work iron, and the BeChuana excel in this respect, as in all vessels and even baskets(the coiled variety) are used formilk, and rude pots are alsomade which are far inferiorto those of the MaKalanga. TheBushmen are remarkable fortheir cave-paintings and sculp-tures, depicting hunting-scenes,dances, &c., which display a
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