Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1972 - Natural history |
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Page 176
... skin garments has virtually disappeared among the Xhosa , yielding place to garments of European manufacture . Of the two sexes , the men were first to discard their traditional costume , the skin blanket ( umnweba , ingubo ) , for ...
... skin garments has virtually disappeared among the Xhosa , yielding place to garments of European manufacture . Of the two sexes , the men were first to discard their traditional costume , the skin blanket ( umnweba , ingubo ) , for ...
Page 180
... skin was stretched taut . The flesh side was then scraped and pared evenly with an adze or axe blade until the roots of the hairs began to show . For smaller , thinner skins this process was replaced by pounding with stones on the ...
... skin was stretched taut . The flesh side was then scraped and pared evenly with an adze or axe blade until the roots of the hairs began to show . For smaller , thinner skins this process was replaced by pounding with stones on the ...
Page 181
... skin first and then wet it , as they maintain that a fresh skin makes the thongs too thin . It is then cut circularly from the outside to the centre of the skin into a long strip , 7 to 10 cm wide , according to the thickness of the skin ...
... skin first and then wet it , as they maintain that a fresh skin makes the thongs too thin . It is then cut circularly from the outside to the centre of the skin into a long strip , 7 to 10 cm wide , according to the thickness of the skin ...
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