. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. KHOISAN PIGMENTS AND PAINTS 209 There were ritual uses: patterns were painted with a black salve on the bodies of !kung female initiates; !kung in South West Africa used 'red stone' mixed with fat to decorate a girl's face in bridal and puberty rites. The \x66 painted the 'gemsbok brow shield' on faces of male and female initiates (the ingredients were not given), but this does not resemble the 'gemsbok face' of the Nama recorded in a previous section herein. In G/wi female puberty rites the girl and her husband were
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. KHOISAN PIGMENTS AND PAINTS 209 There were ritual uses: patterns were painted with a black salve on the bodies of !kung female initiates; !kung in South West Africa used 'red stone' mixed with fat to decorate a girl's face in bridal and puberty rites. The \x66 painted the 'gemsbok brow shield' on faces of male and female initiates (the ingredients were not given), but this does not resemble the 'gemsbok face' of the Nama recorded in a previous section herein. In G/wi female puberty rites the girl and her husband were painted in matching patterns on faces and bodies with red ochre mixed with fat. Women of an unidentified group in the Kalahari painted patterns on their faces—Mauduit (1954) did not give the reason for this (Fig. 19).. Fig. 19. Kalahari Bushman girls with patterns painted on their faces (from Mauduit 1954). Cuts made for tattooing for cosmetic, ritual and medicinal purposes were rubbed with various substances to make scars and this usually left a permanent colour under the skin; this could fade with time. These cuts often formed patterns on bodies and faces. Charcoal and certain burnt substances such as meat, other food, and herbs were used. Bleek (1942) noted that tattooing was frequently found among northern and central groups. Maingard (1937) refuted Schapera's statement that scarification was unknown south of the 'Malopo' River, but recorded that the old custom of. 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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