Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1976 - Natural history |
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Page 85
... attached a small black horn containing medicine to prevent body pains ( HW 848 , Idutywa , 1931 ) . Thembu Small ... attached to beadwork ornaments which are purely decorative . A pair of beaded shoulder - bands consists of two harnesses ...
... attached a small black horn containing medicine to prevent body pains ( HW 848 , Idutywa , 1931 ) . Thembu Small ... attached to beadwork ornaments which are purely decorative . A pair of beaded shoulder - bands consists of two harnesses ...
Page 144
... attached to it . Traditionally chiefs controlled the use of and trade in ivory . Of the few ivory objects which were recorded the most important is the ivory arm - band , umxhaka , worn by men as a sign of distinction and of the chief's ...
... attached to it . Traditionally chiefs controlled the use of and trade in ivory . Of the few ivory objects which were recorded the most important is the ivory arm - band , umxhaka , worn by men as a sign of distinction and of the chief's ...
Page 235
... attached , similar to the ugubu , but having the string tied down to the bow at the middle ; played by both men and women ; ugwabe — large ' musical bow ' , with calabash attached and strings tied down to the stave in the middle ...
... attached , similar to the ugubu , but having the string tied down to the bow at the middle ; played by both men and women ; ugwabe — large ' musical bow ' , with calabash attached and strings tied down to the stave in the middle ...
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Africa beads beer Bergville Bhaca Bomvana bone bowl branded Breyer-Brandwijk 1962 Bryant calabash Cape Nguni Cape Town carved ceremonies cloaks club cm long decorated diviner Doke & Vilakazi Drakensberg Drakensberg area Duggan-Cronin Essexvale Fynn Gitywa goatskin gourd Groblersdal Hammond-Tooke handle head headrests hide Hlubi hole horn information was obtained Ingwavuma ivory Kirby Krige Kropf Kuper ladle Libode literature London Mahlabatini Marwick medicine flasks Mfengu milk calabash milk-pail Mpondo Mpondomise Msinga area museum collections museum specimens musical bow NASKO Natal Natal Nguni Ndebele Ndzundza necklet Nguni nineteenth century Nongoma Northern Transvaal Ndebele Nqutu ornaments penis-sheaths Pietermaritzburg pipes recorded SAN DIEGO scoops shaft shape Shaw shields skin skin-dressing skirt snuff-box snuff-spoons South African Museum Southern Natal Southern Nguni specimens seen spoon stick Swazi Terms Thembu thongs Tjolotjo Transkei Tugela Ferry Warmelo Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk Webb & Wright women wood wooden worn Xesibe Xhosa Zulu Zululand