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 516
... girls, Bh 697 isidimba 1. girls' fringed modesty apron, D (X–Soga). 2. not confirmed elsewhere 698 isikhibi 1 woman's apron, D. 2. not confirmed 699 isishuba 1. the apron worn by women at the time of their seclusion, D. 2. not confirmed ...
... girls, Bh 697 isidimba 1. girls' fringed modesty apron, D (X–Soga). 2. not confirmed elsewhere 698 isikhibi 1 woman's apron, D. 2. not confirmed 699 isishuba 1. the apron worn by women at the time of their seclusion, D. 2. not confirmed ...
Page 536
... girls, often as their only garment, uqhwemesha, or with the addition of a short skirt of gay cloth, open at the front to show the beads. The second sort of apron is recorded from the Xhosa and Fingo only, and only during the first half ...
... girls, often as their only garment, uqhwemesha, or with the addition of a short skirt of gay cloth, open at the front to show the beads. The second sort of apron is recorded from the Xhosa and Fingo only, and only during the first half ...
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... girls of the umtshotsho (teenagers], the girls of the intlombe [young people] participate in two further ceremonies related to the crops. The first is known as nqoloqho. . . . Prior to sowing . . . a committee is elected, a choice made ...
... girls of the umtshotsho (teenagers], the girls of the intlombe [young people] participate in two further ceremonies related to the crops. The first is known as nqoloqho. . . . Prior to sowing . . . a committee is elected, a choice made ...
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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