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... Shaka obliged old deposed chiefs to wear a monkey- skin loin - dress similar in shape to skirts worn by women ( Fynn [ 1824-61 ] 1950 : 285 ) . His izimbongi or praise - singers also wore cattle - hide loin - coverings shaped like ...
... Shaka obliged old deposed chiefs to wear a monkey- skin loin - dress similar in shape to skirts worn by women ( Fynn [ 1824-61 ] 1950 : 285 ) . His izimbongi or praise - singers also wore cattle - hide loin - coverings shaped like ...
Page 362
... Shaka because he believed they slowed movement ( Delegorgue 1847 : 218 ) . The stigma of wearing sandals continued during the Zulu war in the late nineteenth century ( Webb & Wright 1982 : 326 ) . Southern Natal Sandals , consisting of ...
... Shaka because he believed they slowed movement ( Delegorgue 1847 : 218 ) . The stigma of wearing sandals continued during the Zulu war in the late nineteenth century ( Webb & Wright 1982 : 326 ) . Southern Natal Sandals , consisting of ...
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... Shaka to Cetshwayo were usually described as white with a black patch ( Fynn [ 1824-61 ] 1950 : 75 ; Webb & Wright 1976 : 46 , 248 , 326 ; 1979 : 60 , 223 ) , but also sometimes as black with a white patch to the side ( Webb & Wright ...
... Shaka to Cetshwayo were usually described as white with a black patch ( Fynn [ 1824-61 ] 1950 : 75 ; Webb & Wright 1976 : 46 , 248 , 326 ; 1979 : 60 , 223 ) , but also sometimes as black with a white patch to the side ( Webb & Wright ...
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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