Visit to Velabengasho
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 6th 1979 |
Above the open door.( Cf. April 1979, pictures 4 and 5.) some shoulder blades of goats, a pair of tongs and a paint scrapper have been added. The abafana are missing. |
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 6th 1979 |
Same situation as No. VII |
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 6th 1979 |
People sitting below the wings from no V. 2nd from left Velabengasho's son ; to the utmost right = Velabengasho's wife. On a pole hanging on the wall: clothing, to the left a rear apron from skin.
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 6th 1979 |
To the left white wings from the Cattle Egret, ilanda, bubulcus ibis ( Roberts, no 61), and to the right white and grey wings from a stilt, isixulamasele ( "Frog catcher") Himantopus. |
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 6th 1979 |
Above the head of the Goliath Heron the head of a small bird. On top of the heron's neck the hoof of a mule. To the left the globular stomach of a vulture as well as the vulture's intestines. Concerning the birds' wings to the right of the heron's head see no. IV |
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 6th 1979 |
The pictures IV to IX are taken after my having changed ground in the hut. The Goliath Heron is now looking to the right. the hoof of the mule is on top of theheron's skeleton. To the left the gall bladders of goats and the lump of fOn top of green and black mamba on sticks. |
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 6th 1979 |
In the holy umsamo, the back of the h cucumber, unkonko, a species of Mout. Porcupine quills have been added. On the house wall to the left the ghost' calabash, isigubhu sabalozi or isigubhu somoya. it is made from a wart cucumber, unkonko, a species of Momordica. |
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 6th 1979 |
In the centre the skeleton of an extremely large heron, which has been mounted on a stick. It is Nozalizingwenya ( It which bears crococdiles). It is the Goliath Heron, Ardea goliath. The legs hang downwards. |
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 6th 1979 |
Velabengasho at the place of F 16/26. Above him the head of the Goliath heron. on the wall to the left on of his cardigans. |
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 5th 1979 |
Similar to F 15/25, with wide angle objective. |
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 5th 1979 |
In the umsamo, the holy back part of Velabengasho's Great hut: Velabengasho's great medicine horn from a female gemsbok, Oryx gazella, which he had inherited from his father. Behind it a black clay vessel, ukhamba, with medicines for ancestor worship. |
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 5th 1979 |
As F 15/24 |
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 5th 1979 |
Velabengasho presents the meat of the goat on large wooden meat platters. |
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 5th 1979 |
Velabengasho himself started to skin the goat in order to secure proper parts of the skin for iminqwamba, the attribute og izangoma and even of Velabengasho as an inyanga ( medicine man). see " Hand-werke", plate 46. |
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| Visit to Velabengasho in 1979/II, i.e October 5th 1979 |
Before slaughtering the goat Velabengasho praised the ancestors and asked them to protect me. He wears the uniform of a policeman. indeed he was a policeman of the local chief. his wife Gabajana is down on her knees as token of respect, hlonipha. Laduma Madela watches at the right side. |