Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... Baby - slings Breast - coverings . Cloaks .... Head - dresses . Loin - coverings . Penis - sheaths Sandals Skirts ... Slings Whips Whisks .. Swazi : skin - dressing .. Swazi : uses of skins and hides Clothing and ornament Aprons Baby ...
... Baby - slings Breast - coverings . Cloaks .... Head - dresses . Loin - coverings . Penis - sheaths Sandals Skirts ... Slings Whips Whisks .. Swazi : skin - dressing .. Swazi : uses of skins and hides Clothing and ornament Aprons Baby ...
Page 327
... BABY - SLINGS Terms : imbeleko — the skin or blanket in which a baby is carried on a woman's back . . . ; isibeleko a womb ( Kropf 1915 ) . The skin of a goat , slaughtered as a ritual offering to the ancestors on the birth of a baby ...
... BABY - SLINGS Terms : imbeleko — the skin or blanket in which a baby is carried on a woman's back . . . ; isibeleko a womb ( Kropf 1915 ) . The skin of a goat , slaughtered as a ritual offering to the ancestors on the birth of a baby ...
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... BABY - SLINGS Terms : umbodiya — carrying skin for an infant ; imbeleko — carrying skin , used by women for carrying ... baby - sling was often made from the skin of a goat sacrificed to celebrate the birth ( Brindley 1985 : 107 ) , and ...
... BABY - SLINGS Terms : umbodiya — carrying skin for an infant ; imbeleko — carrying skin , used by women for carrying ... baby - sling was often made from the skin of a goat sacrificed to celebrate the birth ( Brindley 1985 : 107 ) , and ...
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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