Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 534
... Bomvana and Fingo clothing . 1. Bomvana woman making basket ; Guse , Elliotdale , 1948 . 2. Bomvana woman ; Guse , Elliotdale , 1948 . 3. Bomvana man ; Guse , Elliotdale , 1948 . 4. Bomvana girl sewing short skirt ; Guse , Elliotdale ...
... Bomvana and Fingo clothing . 1. Bomvana woman making basket ; Guse , Elliotdale , 1948 . 2. Bomvana woman ; Guse , Elliotdale , 1948 . 3. Bomvana man ; Guse , Elliotdale , 1948 . 4. Bomvana girl sewing short skirt ; Guse , Elliotdale ...
Page 574
... Bomvana : khwetha dress ' The boys are in their usual attire - white clay smeared all over their bodies and faces ... Bomvana : intonjane dress ' She may not leave her hut and when she has to do so , goes heavily swathed in a blanket ...
... Bomvana : khwetha dress ' The boys are in their usual attire - white clay smeared all over their bodies and faces ... Bomvana : intonjane dress ' She may not leave her hut and when she has to do so , goes heavily swathed in a blanket ...
Page 779
... Bomvana : charms , initiation Bomvana : ubulunga ' After delivery the infant is washed . . . . First they let him drink from his mother , . . . . After ten days he may drink amasi . On the day the child drinks amasi a bulunga necklace ...
... Bomvana : charms , initiation Bomvana : ubulunga ' After delivery the infant is washed . . . . First they let him drink from his mother , . . . . After ten days he may drink amasi . On the day the child drinks amasi a bulunga necklace ...
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Personal and general | 449 |
Costume and insignia | 558 |
Ornament | 606 |
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abakhwetha According animal anklet apron arm-bands assegai bangles beadwork Bhaca blanket body Bomvana boys brass rings breast-cloth burial buttons Caffres calabash Cape Nguni cattle ceremony charms chief cicatrization circumcision Ciskei cloak clothing colour copper cosmetics costume covered dancing decorated diviners dolls dress Xhosa eene euphorbia finger Fingo gall-bladders garment Gcaleka girdle girls goatskin grass hair hair-style Hammond-Tooke hanging head head-band head-cloth head-dress hemp Hlubi horn Hottentots initiation intonjane ivory Kaffir kaross khwetha Kirby kopere kraal legend loin-cloth Lusikisiki Makalima medicine Mpondo Mpondomise musical bow necklace necklet ornaments Xhosa paint penis-sheath piece pipe Pondoland red clay red ochre reed round the neck skin skirt smeared smoking snuff snuff-box snuff-spoon Sotho Stavenisse stick stone string tail Thembu thong tobacco Transkei tribes Tshezi ubulunga Umtata waist water-pipe wear white beads white clay Willowvale wire woman women wore worn round Xesibe young