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... APRONS Terms : inciyo — a woman's modesty apron , made of skin and ornamented with beads ; icacawe - a woman's modesty apron , made of the small ends of umkwinti ( Kropf 1915 ) . Throughout the Southern Nguni area , small skin aprons ...
... APRONS Terms : inciyo — a woman's modesty apron , made of skin and ornamented with beads ; icacawe - a woman's modesty apron , made of the small ends of umkwinti ( Kropf 1915 ) . Throughout the Southern Nguni area , small skin aprons ...
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... aprons in the shape of a swallow - tail were recorded in the Xhosa area in the first half of the nineteenth century . These were probably worn over a fringed apron , as shown in an illustration by Bisset ( 1835 ; AFR 63/1550 ) . It ...
... aprons in the shape of a swallow - tail were recorded in the Xhosa area in the first half of the nineteenth century . These were probably worn over a fringed apron , as shown in an illustration by Bisset ( 1835 ; AFR 63/1550 ) . It ...
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... apron worn by girls was an indication of their unmarried status . The apron could be made from cut - off pieces of hide from larger garments , and consisted of a simple flap of soft skin , or of fringes of skin , vegetable fibre or ...
... apron worn by girls was an indication of their unmarried status . The apron could be made from cut - off pieces of hide from larger garments , and consisted of a simple flap of soft skin , or of fringes of skin , vegetable fibre or ...
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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