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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... beadwork 'For each age group bead colours have symbolic significance. Among the Tembu tribe dark turquoise is the colour of youth. . . . Dancing, courtship and beadwork are intimately woven into the social structure. At the teenage ...
... beadwork 'For each age group bead colours have symbolic significance. Among the Tembu tribe dark turquoise is the colour of youth. . . . Dancing, courtship and beadwork are intimately woven into the social structure. At the teenage ...
Page 646
... beadwork is worn by the bride and her attendants' (description follows). pp. 74–76 Qwathi: men's dance ornaments ... beadwork and ornamentation from their person.” pp. 110–114 Qwathi: beadwork Lists with short descriptions of 154 ...
... beadwork is worn by the bride and her attendants' (description follows). pp. 74–76 Qwathi: men's dance ornaments ... beadwork and ornamentation from their person.” pp. 110–114 Qwathi: beadwork Lists with short descriptions of 154 ...
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... beadwork Many illustrations of beadwork. (1971) Gitywa pp. 117, 124–125 Xhosa: beadwork p. 117 Xhosa: no message in beads 'Ornamental beadwork normally passes from the woman to the man as a love token, but unlike among the Zulu and the ...
... beadwork Many illustrations of beadwork. (1971) Gitywa pp. 117, 124–125 Xhosa: beadwork p. 117 Xhosa: no message in beads 'Ornamental beadwork normally passes from the woman to the man as a love token, but unlike among the Zulu and the ...
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Personal and general | 449 |
y K | 479 |
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