. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. KHOISAN PIGMENTS AND PAINTS 207 Here, too, there is less recorded information about cosmetic patterns made by the Bushmen than by the historical Hottentots. The practice occurred among various groups, but in half the references found the group was not identified. The practice was, and is, mainly among women (Fig. 17). Among the unidentified groups were women in Griqualand West who made patterns on their fat-besmeared chests with 'red clay', and one report was of faces and bodies painted with red ochre mixed with fat;
. Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. KHOISAN PIGMENTS AND PAINTS 207 Here, too, there is less recorded information about cosmetic patterns made by the Bushmen than by the historical Hottentots. The practice occurred among various groups, but in half the references found the group was not identified. The practice was, and is, mainly among women (Fig. 17). Among the unidentified groups were women in Griqualand West who made patterns on their fat-besmeared chests with 'red clay', and one report was of faces and bodies painted with red ochre mixed with fat; white or black stripes on faces and bodies were seen in the Kalahari, and the white was thought to have been a sign of mourning. Dornan believed that red and white stripes painted on the bodies of women were a sign of mourning, as well as white and black stripes on faces—in the latter case the sex of the users was not given. Stow wrote of red, yellow, black, and white used separately or together in a variety of patterns, but did not identify the Bushman group or groups and may have come to his conclusions through studying the rock paintings. He also referred to information from others in this connection. SSI. Fig. 17. !kung girl having her face painted (from colour slide by Anthony Bannister). D. F. Bleek found that Nharo men and women smeared 'red clay' round eyes, mouths, and on cheeks for a dance; ash and blood were smeared in a pattern on an /7auni-=£khomani girl's face (Dart 1937) (Fig. 18 herein); and children in the southern Kalahari smeared goat's blood on their faces and legs, then scratched patterns on their 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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