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 613
... brass rings. Their bodies are marked with all manner of figures by scarification.” 1796–1801 Renshaw (1804) pp. 18, 19 Xhosa: beads, arm-ring p. 18 Xhosa: beads Nothing more. p. 19 Xhosa: ivory arm-ring 'The prince was distinguished by ...
... brass rings. Their bodies are marked with all manner of figures by scarification.” 1796–1801 Renshaw (1804) pp. 18, 19 Xhosa: beads, arm-ring p. 18 Xhosa: beads Nothing more. p. 19 Xhosa: ivory arm-ring 'The prince was distinguished by ...
Page 625
belt of small brass rings, strung on leather, round their waist . . . The women . . . also wear bead necklaces and brass bracelets.” 1835 Alexander (1837) 1 p. 387 Xhosa, Thembu: ornaments p. 387 Xhosa, Thembu: necklets 'Round the neck ...
belt of small brass rings, strung on leather, round their waist . . . The women . . . also wear bead necklaces and brass bracelets.” 1835 Alexander (1837) 1 p. 387 Xhosa, Thembu: ornaments p. 387 Xhosa, Thembu: necklets 'Round the neck ...
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... brass rings from wrist to elbow, and steel chains hanging all round them' ~ 1876 Witcher, Dyer & Dyer p. 1 Cape Nguni: ivory arm-rings Advertisement of ivory arm-bands for sale. (1877) Cripps p. 334 Mpondo: ornaments “They are very fond ...
... brass rings from wrist to elbow, and steel chains hanging all round them' ~ 1876 Witcher, Dyer & Dyer p. 1 Cape Nguni: ivory arm-rings Advertisement of ivory arm-bands for sale. (1877) Cripps p. 334 Mpondo: ornaments “They are very fond ...
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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