Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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Page 349
... tail of an animal ; messenger of a chief . . . ( Kropf 1915 ) . The tails of elephant and leopard were royal insignia . When placed on a roof or attached to a pole , the tails marked the homesteads of chiefs . A staff bearing the tail ...
... tail of an animal ; messenger of a chief . . . ( Kropf 1915 ) . The tails of elephant and leopard were royal insignia . When placed on a roof or attached to a pole , the tails marked the homesteads of chiefs . A staff bearing the tail ...
Page 357
... tails ; uhayo — loin girdle ; injobo — a strip of wild cat's skin forming the loin covering of a . . . man ; ( pl . only ) —bunches of cat's tails worn on either side ; umadimana - bunch of twisted sheepskin worn with ibeshu at hips ...
... tails ; uhayo — loin girdle ; injobo — a strip of wild cat's skin forming the loin covering of a . . . man ; ( pl . only ) —bunches of cat's tails worn on either side ; umadimana - bunch of twisted sheepskin worn with ibeshu at hips ...
Page 394
... tails , or strips of skin cut and twisted to resemble these , attached to a narrow waistband ( Arbousset & Daumas ... tails were commonly used , vervet monkey tails more rarely , while the tails of the exotic samango monkey were reserved ...
... tails , or strips of skin cut and twisted to resemble these , attached to a narrow waistband ( Arbousset & Daumas ... tails were commonly used , vervet monkey tails more rarely , while the tails of the exotic samango monkey were reserved ...
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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