Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... Mfengu THEM BU Ke 1860 Hlubi 1860 полит XESIBE M PONDO BOMVANA X HO Great Fish Mfengu 1860 S 19th CENTURY NGUNI KINGDOMS A. ZULU B. SWAZI C. NDEBELE ( MATABELE ) Fig . 1. Historical distribution of Nguni - speaking people , late ...
... Mfengu THEM BU Ke 1860 Hlubi 1860 полит XESIBE M PONDO BOMVANA X HO Great Fish Mfengu 1860 S 19th CENTURY NGUNI KINGDOMS A. ZULU B. SWAZI C. NDEBELE ( MATABELE ) Fig . 1. Historical distribution of Nguni - speaking people , late ...
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South African Museum. Fig . 4. Mfengu woman softening a skin ; Fort Beaufort , Cape ; by Baines 1848. ( Africana Museum . ) of the plant extracts used traditionally in skin - dressing helped to stabilize and preserve the skins in ...
South African Museum. Fig . 4. Mfengu woman softening a skin ; Fort Beaufort , Cape ; by Baines 1848. ( Africana Museum . ) of the plant extracts used traditionally in skin - dressing helped to stabilize and preserve the skins in ...
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... Mfengu by Tyrrell ( 1968 : 177 ) , who suggested that the use of this ' maternity apron ' is a remnant of Northern Nguni material culture that was retained . In other respects Mfengu dress is more akin to that of the Xhosa . In the ...
... Mfengu by Tyrrell ( 1968 : 177 ) , who suggested that the use of this ' maternity apron ' is a remnant of Northern Nguni material culture that was retained . In other respects Mfengu dress is more akin to that of the Xhosa . In the ...
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animals antelope skin assegais baby-slings back-apron beads Bergville Bhaca blankets breast-covering Bryant Cape cattle hide ceremonial occasions chiefs cleaned CLOTHING AND ORNAMENT colour decorated Delegorgue 1847 Dennilton Dingane diviners Doke & Vilakazi Duggan-Cronin collection eastern Cape F. S. Malan fringes Fynn garment goat goatskin Groblersdal hair head-dress headband HIDES CLOTHING king King William's Town Krige Kropf Kuper leopard leopard skin loin-coverings Mankaiana Marwick McGregor Museum Mfengu NASKO Natal Natal Nguni nineteenth century Nongoma Northern Transvaal Ndebele ORNAMENT APRONS oxhide oxtail panels pegged PENIS-SHEATHS recorded rubbed Samuelson 1929 sandals scraped sewing sewn Shaka shape sheepskin skin skin cloaks skin skirts skin-dressing skin-working skins and hides small shield softened Sotho Southern Nguni area strips Swazi tails Terms Thembu thongs Transkei Tugela Ferry twisted unsoftened hides waist waistband Warmelo warriors wearing Webb & Wright Weiss Whisks woman wore worn by women Xhosa Xhosa and Thembu Zimbabwe Zulu