Anthropos: Anthropos, 61.1966

Anthropos, 61.1966

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Structure Type:: Journal

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714820

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-714820

Persistent identifier:: BV043334262

Title:: Anthropos

Sub Title:: internationale Zeitschrift für Völker- u. Sprachenkunde

Place of Publication:: Fribourg

Publisher:: Ed. St. Paul

Year of Publication:: 1906

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

Domain:: Social and cultural anthropology > General overview

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Structure Type:: Journal Volume

Works URN (URL):: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711748

URN:: urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-711748

Persistent identifier:: 1510221115730

Title:: Anthropos, 61.1966

Year of Publication:: 1966

Call Number:: LA 1118

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Structure Type:: Journal Issue

Title:: Bd. 61, 1966, Heft 3-6

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Structure Type:: Journal Article

Title:: Fertility Dolls. Cults of the Nguni and Other Tribes of the Southern Bantu

Other person:: Hechter-Schulz, Karl

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

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Title:: Fig. 15. wooden doll. Fig. 16. wooden costume doll of the Xosa

Collection:: Journals and Newspapers > Journals of Ethnology

Fertility Dolls 527 Fig. 15 Fig. 16 I^olls for other purposes Cers and^*' ^ ^ wooc ^ en doll dressed in makishi costume. The makishi are spirit dan- Ce rem 0n .^ an ^ om ™ e characters which appear at the time of boys initiation and circumcision It j s i ^ les - the doll was bought by the author from a Chokwa in the west of Zambia. T} U G< ^ ^ ere as a com parison with the bead dolls which are made further south. Ir° m , . e d°U I s carved from soft wood which has been blackened. The costume is knitted kind of a C anC ^ ma< ^ e from bark fibre. The hair is in long strands made from the same purpj r<2 ’. ^ cos 't u me has alternate white and purple horizontal stripes, while the hair e - Iribal tattoo marks have been carved on the face. r 0y So ince * >6: This wooden costae doll of the Xo = e, is included here to show the western influent P me Southern Bantu. , //blanket» which has been st . T he doll is well made and typically dressed, even o richness as with red ochre. The beadwork cannot be represented to scale u ally worn. (Not shown in table.)

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