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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... head-dress, X. 4. hat with flaps, Mp. 5. not known everywhere 644 isisila senkuku 1. (hen's tail) way of doing up and wearing the qhiya, D. 2. with tail hanging behind, Mp Xes. 3. not known, XT 645 ubhedali 1. nD. 2, style of wearing head ...
... head-dress, X. 4. hat with flaps, Mp. 5. not known everywhere 644 isisila senkuku 1. (hen's tail) way of doing up and wearing the qhiya, D. 2. with tail hanging behind, Mp Xes. 3. not known, XT 645 ubhedali 1. nD. 2, style of wearing head ...
Page 585
... dress pp. 38–39 Thembu: ornaments of novices “All the students wear white beads . . . . Advancement in training is ... head-dress which, in accordance with tradition, was of white beads . . . .” COSTUME AND INSIGNIA. TERMS isiduluka 1 ...
... dress pp. 38–39 Thembu: ornaments of novices “All the students wear white beads . . . . Advancement in training is ... head-dress which, in accordance with tradition, was of white beads . . . .” COSTUME AND INSIGNIA. TERMS isiduluka 1 ...
Page 587
... head-dress of abakhwetha (X–Soga). (But verb -xonxa form in clay) 747 izindwe (pl. of isindwe) 1. the two palm leaves stuck on either side of the head-dress worn by an umkhwetha when dancing, D X not Xes 748 (724) umhlambi 1. the dress ...
... head-dress of abakhwetha (X–Soga). (But verb -xonxa form in clay) 747 izindwe (pl. of isindwe) 1. the two palm leaves stuck on either side of the head-dress worn by an umkhwetha when dancing, D X not Xes 748 (724) umhlambi 1. the dress ...
Contents
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