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 649
... head ornament, of skin of bird or mole tied to the hair in front, D. 2. band of monkey skin or monkey hair in woven strip, X. 3. tuft of hair or wool for ornamental purposes (Mzamane) 795 isicanda 1. nD. 2. head ornament, flap of ...
... head ornament, of skin of bird or mole tied to the hair in front, D. 2. band of monkey skin or monkey hair in woven strip, X. 3. tuft of hair or wool for ornamental purposes (Mzamane) 795 isicanda 1. nD. 2. head ornament, flap of ...
Page 658
... head-band of small copper beads. This, he said, was worn by chiefs, including Ngqika, on both sides of the frontier. An official flavour was given at the end of the eighteenth century when the Dutch and later the British gave to ...
... head-band of small copper beads. This, he said, was worn by chiefs, including Ngqika, on both sides of the frontier. An official flavour was given at the end of the eighteenth century when the Dutch and later the British gave to ...
Page 666
... hair, was applied to a head-band of twined fibre and monkey hair belonging to a Xhosa headman (Pl. 97:1, 3). This may be what Carmichael described as 'a fillet of monkey skin'. Some Thembu women wore a narrow beadwork band, umjuwelane ...
... hair, was applied to a head-band of twined fibre and monkey hair belonging to a Xhosa headman (Pl. 97:1, 3). This may be what Carmichael described as 'a fillet of monkey skin'. Some Thembu women wore a narrow beadwork band, umjuwelane ...
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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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