'A typical ‘sangoma’ or witch-doctor of Zulus in Natal or Zululand, wears her hair long and beaded, bladders on the head, goat-skin over shoulders and chest, and carries the small dancing shield and beaded switch of wildebeeste wail. The ‘sangoma’ is usually a married woman, wearing the black oxhide skirt. A male ‘sangoma’ also affects the dress of a married woman, plus all the other regalia as illustrated. Red clay on face and limbs augments the mysterious aspect. Strings of grey seed pods worn diagonally across the body are of a specially potent type, also used to help teething children. Dress items and beadwork here depicted are typical of Manda style. Under the black beaded cloth is a rolled blanket, which serves as support when a child is carried on the back.'