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 628
... anklet of ivory, the necklace of wolves' or tigers' teeth, and the ear-ring and frontlet of cowries, are nearly ... anklets of large brass rings, which are now imported plentifully from Europe. They often wear ten or twelve of these upon ...
... anklet of ivory, the necklace of wolves' or tigers' teeth, and the ear-ring and frontlet of cowries, are nearly ... anklets of large brass rings, which are now imported plentifully from Europe. They often wear ten or twelve of these upon ...
Page 656
... anklet for dancing, Bo. 4. twisted brass-wire anklet, Mp 909 (1062) intsekelezana (from -sekeleza, fig. speak so as to conceal real thoughts) 1. undergarments, leggings, greaves, D: 383. 2. not confirmed anywhere. (Probably coined for ...
... anklet for dancing, Bo. 4. twisted brass-wire anklet, Mp 909 (1062) intsekelezana (from -sekeleza, fig. speak so as to conceal real thoughts) 1. undergarments, leggings, greaves, D: 383. 2. not confirmed anywhere. (Probably coined for ...
Page 680
... anklets were strips of sinew, copper or brass bangles, or strings of beads or brass buttons. According to Boniface and Fleming the chiefs had an anklet of ivory, but this is not confirmed by others. Brass rings were worn on the toes ...
... anklets were strips of sinew, copper or brass bangles, or strings of beads or brass buttons. According to Boniface and Fleming the chiefs had an anklet of ivory, but this is not confirmed by others. Brass rings were worn on the toes ...
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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