. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. KHOISAN PIGMENTS AND PAINTS 153 Blood In early years a line of blood was drawn on the stomachs of mourners, the women said, because mourners naturally looked bad and lacked appetite; it helped them: 'Dan is jy nie baie mooi die dag nie, dan het jy nie lus vir die kos nie, en as jy so gemaak het, dan help dit.' The line could be made with black too. Blood is eaten by the relatives after a funeral. It is first stirred with a three-pronged stick or a bunch of twigs to remove the fibrin and to prevent it from congealing.
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. KHOISAN PIGMENTS AND PAINTS 153 Blood In early years a line of blood was drawn on the stomachs of mourners, the women said, because mourners naturally looked bad and lacked appetite; it helped them: 'Dan is jy nie baie mooi die dag nie, dan het jy nie lus vir die kos nie, en as jy so gemaak het, dan help dit.' The line could be made with black too. Blood is eaten by the relatives after a funeral. It is first stirred with a three-pronged stick or a bunch of twigs to remove the fibrin and to prevent it from congealing. Then it is boiled with pluck and eaten. In early times an axe was heated in the fire and also placed in the pot, but this is no longer done. The reason for this practice was not given. This information about blood, as with other information, was given without prompting. Water Where fat was used as a cleanser in early days and is still sometimes used today, it has been largely replaced by water in many instances. So, after childbirth, a woman is washed with water. A corpse is cleansed with soap and water. In old days, they said, when water was scarce, liquid was squeezed from the stomach contents of an animal for use. KLEIN KARAS In 1956 at Klein Karas, in the south of South West Africa, there was a young, light-skinned Bondelswart girl who had painted large red dots on her face (Fig. 15). It had not been done for any particular occasion. She said the red could come from ochre or, in this case, the berries of a small plant. Black pigment was obtained from the inner root of the camel-thorn tree. An old Nama man from the same farm said the red pigment came from berries or from red ochre. Black was from pots or charcoal ground with Fig. 15. Bondelswart girl, Klein Karas 1956, with large red dots on her face. The pigment was the juice of Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - colora
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