Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58, Issue 4West, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1899 - Natural history |
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Page 564
... Caffres, wore ostrich feathers on their heads." c. 1831–2 Smith pp. 100, 125 Mpondo, Thembu: crane feathers p. 100 ... Caffre': crane feathers Nothing more. (1833) Morgan, N. pp. 6, 37–38, 46 Xhosa: crane feathers, special dress p. 6 ...
... Caffres, wore ostrich feathers on their heads." c. 1831–2 Smith pp. 100, 125 Mpondo, Thembu: crane feathers p. 100 ... Caffre': crane feathers Nothing more. (1833) Morgan, N. pp. 6, 37–38, 46 Xhosa: crane feathers, special dress p. 6 ...
Page 613
... Caffre': ornaments p.283 'Caffre': brass collar of office (During July some "Caffres' came to visit Genadendal on their way to Cape Town.) "One of them being a captain, was distinguished by his dress, and wore a brass collar round his ...
... Caffre': ornaments p.283 'Caffre': brass collar of office (During July some "Caffres' came to visit Genadendal on their way to Cape Town.) "One of them being a captain, was distinguished by his dress, and wore a brass collar round his ...
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... Caffre fair, which is held on every Wednesday, when the average attendance of Caffres amounts to about 1000; the articles they bring are horns, hides, skins of various animals, and samboks (riding whips cut out of the hides of the ...
... Caffre fair, which is held on every Wednesday, when the average attendance of Caffres amounts to about 1000; the articles they bring are horns, hides, skins of various animals, and samboks (riding whips cut out of the hides of the ...
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Personal and general | 449 |
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Ciskei coasts have changed some of the localities hitherto accepted in historical | 540 |
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abakhwetha According animal anklet apron arm-bands assegai bangles beadwork Bhaca blanket body Bomvana bones boys brass rings breast-cloth burial buttons Caffres calabash Cape Nguni cattle ceremony charms chief cicatrization circumcision Ciskei cloak cloth colour copper cosmetics costume crane feathers custom dancing decorated diviners dolls finger Fingo gall-bladders garment Gcaleka girdle girls goat goatskin grass grease hair hair-style Hammond-Tooke hanging head head-band head-cloth head-dress hemp Hlubi horn initiation intonjane ivory Kaffir kaross kraal legend leopard loin-cloth Lusikisiki Makalima medicine Mpondo Mpondomise musical bow necklace necklet ornaments paint penis-sheath piece pipe plaited plant Pondoland red clay red ochre round the neck skin skirt smeared smoking snuff snuff-box snuff-spoon sometimes Sotho stick stone string tail Thembu thong tobacco Transkei tribes Tshezi ubulunga Umtata waist water-pipe wear white beads white clay Willowvale woman women wore worn round wrist Xesibe Xhosa young