Iziko_SAMLB_D_!n006

Iziko_SAMLB_D_!n006

Watercolours

!nanni

image

pencil

23 August 1881

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1. small thorn tree, and the fire (1.3) near which the man, to be cleansed, sits., 2. man [ditto], 3. His wife's father, 4. [ditto]'s people, 5. The young man who sits at a distance., 6. His (the above young man's) hut, dish (6a), and spoon (6.b)

plants and animals

custom and daily life

artefact and dress

healing and ailing

cleansing ritual ( cleansing ritual )

vessel ( dish )

vessel ( and cleansing ritual )

spoon ( and cleansing ritual )

dwelling ( the hut of the man being cleansed )

plant ( thorn tree )

plant ( and cleansing ritual )

fire ( and a cleansing ritual )

tree ( thorn )

tree ( and a cleansing ritual )

purification ( a cleansing ritual )