Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... worn by Mpondo 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 ...
... worn by Mpondo 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 ...
Page 343
... wear . In the east of the Southern Nguni area , Mpondo and Bhaca women wore skirts that consisted of two pieces of goatskin wrapped around the body so that the back skirt overlapped the front . The skirt was supported at the waist by a ...
... wear . In the east of the Southern Nguni area , Mpondo and Bhaca women wore skirts that consisted of two pieces of goatskin wrapped around the body so that the back skirt overlapped the front . The skirt was supported at the waist by a ...
Page 356
... worn by men or women ; umnqwamba — anything worn draped over the shoulders , e.g. witch - doctor's leather cloak ; isiphuku ― skin blanket , kaross ; isiqhama / o — skin blanket , kaross ; usu -... soft goatskin cloak , worn by women ...
... worn by men or women ; umnqwamba — anything worn draped over the shoulders , e.g. witch - doctor's leather cloak ; isiphuku ― skin blanket , kaross ; isiqhama / o — skin blanket , kaross ; usu -... soft goatskin cloak , worn by women ...
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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