Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58, Issue 4West, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1899 - Natural history |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 83
Page 497
... blankets must be hemmed. . . . The womenfolk, in addition to the cotton blanket, use large quantities of kaffir sheeting. This is a coarsely woven cloth, some 50 to 52 inches wide made largely from waste yarns, . . . . The sheeting is ...
... blankets must be hemmed. . . . The womenfolk, in addition to the cotton blanket, use large quantities of kaffir sheeting. This is a coarsely woven cloth, some 50 to 52 inches wide made largely from waste yarns, . . . . The sheeting is ...
Page 510
ibayi 1. cotton blanket; the upper part of a woman's dress made of such a blanket; from (Algoa) Bay, where such blankets were first imported, D. (Not derived from the Bay, but from Dutch baai woollen cloth.) 2. 'Kafir sheeting', Bh ...
ibayi 1. cotton blanket; the upper part of a woman's dress made of such a blanket; from (Algoa) Bay, where such blankets were first imported, D. (Not derived from the Bay, but from Dutch baai woollen cloth.) 2. 'Kafir sheeting', Bh ...
Page 556
... blankets, but more often woollen (Pl. 80: 3). There are different names for different sorts of blanket. In the west the blankets are large; in east Pondoland men seem to favour a narrow blanket with a stripe at each end and wear it ...
... blankets, but more often woollen (Pl. 80: 3). There are different names for different sorts of blanket. In the west the blankets are large; in east Pondoland men seem to favour a narrow blanket with a stripe at each end and wear it ...
Contents
Personal and general | 449 |
y K | 479 |
Ciskei coasts have changed some of the localities hitherto accepted in historical | 540 |
10 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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