Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... women took the skin through the time - consuming processes of braying , currying , raising a nap ( especially for skins intended for women's clothing ) , and working fat into the skin . Among the Xhosa it was customary practice for ...
... women took the skin through the time - consuming processes of braying , currying , raising a nap ( especially for skins intended for women's clothing ) , and working fat into the skin . Among the Xhosa it was customary practice for ...
Page 329
... women . By the 1970s , when fieldwork for this study was being con- ducted , skins had ceased to be used but those married women who still adhered to traditional dress wore a breast - covering made from towelling or heavy cotton cloth ...
... women . By the 1970s , when fieldwork for this study was being con- ducted , skins had ceased to be used but those married women who still adhered to traditional dress wore a breast - covering made from towelling or heavy cotton cloth ...
Page 333
... women are said to have fastened belts tightly around the waist to allay hunger ( King 1853 : 197 ) . HEAD - DRESSES Terms : umnqwazi - a covering for the head of women ; being a high cap made of skin trimmed with beads ; unkontsho - a ...
... women are said to have fastened belts tightly around the waist to allay hunger ( King 1853 : 197 ) . HEAD - DRESSES Terms : umnqwazi - a covering for the head of women ; being a high cap made of skin trimmed with beads ; unkontsho - a ...
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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