Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... warriors performing war - dances and around the waist when fighting ( see p . 339 ) . GIRDLES Terms : ingcengce - a girdle or waistband ; igqesha — a girdle , band , napkin , bound about the waist ( Kropf 1915 ) . Ties of skin or thong ...
... warriors performing war - dances and around the waist when fighting ( see p . 339 ) . GIRDLES Terms : ingcengce - a girdle or waistband ; igqesha — a girdle , band , napkin , bound about the waist ( Kropf 1915 ) . Ties of skin or thong ...
Page 357
... warriors full - dress ornament at feasts , etc .; umqhele -... ornament ( of beads or otter skin ) worn encircling the head as a sign of rank , or by Zulu warriors ( Doke & Vilakazi 1964 ) . General A special form of head - dress was ...
... warriors full - dress ornament at feasts , etc .; umqhele -... ornament ( of beads or otter skin ) worn encircling the head as a sign of rank , or by Zulu warriors ( Doke & Vilakazi 1964 ) . General A special form of head - dress was ...
Page 362
... warriors when travelling long distances . . . ) ; inyathelo - sandal ( Doke & Vilakazi 1964 ) . General Sandals , worn to protect the feet of warriors on the march , were later for- bidden by Shaka because he believed they slowed ...
... warriors when travelling long distances . . . ) ; inyathelo - sandal ( Doke & Vilakazi 1964 ) . General Sandals , worn to protect the feet of warriors on the march , were later for- bidden by Shaka because he believed they slowed ...
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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