Nosizile Krwice

The white cream is for beautification and is commonly seen among the Xhosa women. Ms Krwice was a Pondo and had like a lot of other Xhosa-speaking women chopped off her left pinkie finger. This is also done to beautify the woman and is done by the woman's own will at any age. Some do it as early as five, others at 25, 30 or even later. It's an easy procedure. A knife is put on top the upper joint of the finger, then firmly pressed down and "splotch" the finger tip comes off. Something worth trying back home for those with a penchant for mutilations.