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 561
... initiation dress Nothing more. 1819–20 Stocker pp. 51, 53 Xhosa: chiefs' dress “Of skins, the lion's and panther's are mostly prized, and worn exclusively by the Chiefs; . . . .” 1821–4 Thompson, G. (1827) 2 pp. 354, 373 'Caffer'; ...
... initiation dress Nothing more. 1819–20 Stocker pp. 51, 53 Xhosa: chiefs' dress “Of skins, the lion's and panther's are mostly prized, and worn exclusively by the Chiefs; . . . .” 1821–4 Thompson, G. (1827) 2 pp. 354, 373 'Caffer'; ...
Page 581
... initiation p. 52 Gcaleka: boys' initiation Nothing more. p. 53 Gcaleka: girls' initiation Nothing more. 1956 Hammond-Tooke (1958b) p. 52 Xhosa: boys' initiation 'Formerly periodic dances were held at which the typical khwetha costume of ...
... initiation p. 52 Gcaleka: boys' initiation Nothing more. p. 53 Gcaleka: girls' initiation Nothing more. 1956 Hammond-Tooke (1958b) p. 52 Xhosa: boys' initiation 'Formerly periodic dances were held at which the typical khwetha costume of ...
Page 795
... initiation 'The Cape Nguni generally are unusual among South African Bantu in that they do not have a system of age regiments into which all adult males, and often females, are organized on the attainment of adulthood. Among the Xhosa ...
... initiation 'The Cape Nguni generally are unusual among South African Bantu in that they do not have a system of age regiments into which all adult males, and often females, are organized on the attainment of adulthood. Among the Xhosa ...
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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