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 540
... waist and hanging to just below the knees. It seems from that time on to have taken the place of the second cloak, which was tied at the waist and doubled over. By the second quarter of the century a skirt seems to have been generally ...
... waist and hanging to just below the knees. It seems from that time on to have taken the place of the second cloak, which was tied at the waist and doubled over. By the second quarter of the century a skirt seems to have been generally ...
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... waist or the hips; belts, a modern item bought in the stores and worn round the waist or above the breast; a band worn round the back and over the breasts, the modern wide beadwork waistbands, and a thin cord put round a baby's waist to ...
... waist or the hips; belts, a modern item bought in the stores and worn round the waist or above the breast; a band worn round the back and over the breasts, the modern wide beadwork waistbands, and a thin cord put round a baby's waist to ...
Page 678
... waist, and is adjusted as the size of the waist increases. By this means it is possible to tell how the baby is growing. This was confirmed by Thembu informants. LEG ORNAMENTS Leg ornaments were worn immediately below the knee,. PLATE ...
... waist, and is adjusted as the size of the waist increases. By this means it is possible to tell how the baby is growing. This was confirmed by Thembu informants. LEG ORNAMENTS Leg ornaments were worn immediately below the knee,. PLATE ...
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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