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... Oxhide for shields was treated in the following way . The dried hide was buried in manure in the cattle byre for about a day ( Krige 1950 : 402 ; Bulwer , 1969 ; Tugela Ferry and Hlabisa , 1970 ) . In this process , known industrially ...
... Oxhide for shields was treated in the following way . The dried hide was buried in manure in the cattle byre for about a day ( Krige 1950 : 402 ; Bulwer , 1969 ; Tugela Ferry and Hlabisa , 1970 ) . In this process , known industrially ...
Page 381
... oxhide , twisted so that the hair stood out ( Coertzé 1930–1 : 16 ) . SHIELDS Terms : sihlangu ― oxhide war shield ; lihau — dancing shield ( Kuper 1947 : 124 ) . The Swazi war shield of cattle hide was of a rounded oval shape , and ...
... oxhide , twisted so that the hair stood out ( Coertzé 1930–1 : 16 ) . SHIELDS Terms : sihlangu ― oxhide war shield ; lihau — dancing shield ( Kuper 1947 : 124 ) . The Swazi war shield of cattle hide was of a rounded oval shape , and ...
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... Oxhide for shields was cleaned by soaking overnight in running river water . Softening was achieved by burying the hide in manure in the cattle byre , and beating it until sufficiently flexible ( Wilkerson [ 1896 ] 1943 : 14 ) . To make ...
... Oxhide for shields was cleaned by soaking overnight in running river water . Softening was achieved by burying the hide in manure in the cattle byre , and beating it until sufficiently flexible ( Wilkerson [ 1896 ] 1943 : 14 ) . To make ...
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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