Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1976 - Natural history |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 21
Page 329
... CLOAKS Terms : umnweba - a garment of different colours , made of the skins of various kinds of small animals ; ingubo — a garment , kaross , cloak , robe . . . ( Kropf 1915 ) . Cloaks made from the skins of game animals or from the ...
... CLOAKS Terms : umnweba - a garment of different colours , made of the skins of various kinds of small animals ; ingubo — a garment , kaross , cloak , robe . . . ( Kropf 1915 ) . Cloaks made from the skins of game animals or from the ...
Page 356
... Cloaks were worn by men , women and children as protection against the cold , and were used as blankets at night . Women's cloaks , often referred to by early writers as ' kaross ' , had many functions . They could be worn as skirts ...
... Cloaks were worn by men , women and children as protection against the cold , and were used as blankets at night . Women's cloaks , often referred to by early writers as ' kaross ' , had many functions . They could be worn as skirts ...
Page 394
... CLOAKS Term : ixaba - blanket ( Essexvale , 1973 ) . Men's cloaks were made of an entire softened hide ( Smith [ 1834–6 ] 1975 : 201 ) ( Fig . 58 ) . The only museum specimen of a skin cloak recorded is a woman's cloak made up of ...
... CLOAKS Term : ixaba - blanket ( Essexvale , 1973 ) . Men's cloaks were made of an entire softened hide ( Smith [ 1834–6 ] 1975 : 201 ) ( Fig . 58 ) . The only museum specimen of a skin cloak recorded is a woman's cloak made up of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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