Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 536
... attached to a girdle of thongs threaded closely with brass rings , is worn at dances by unmarried girls , often as their only garment , uqhwemesha , or with the addition of a short skirt of gay cloth , open at the front to show the ...
... attached to a girdle of thongs threaded closely with brass rings , is worn at dances by unmarried girls , often as their only garment , uqhwemesha , or with the addition of a short skirt of gay cloth , open at the front to show the ...
Page 538
... Attached to each shoulder by thongs on which copper or iron beads were strung was a whole wild - cat skin , which was a handkerchief as well as an ornament . Attached to the back of the neck , by a thong threaded with brass rings , was ...
... Attached to each shoulder by thongs on which copper or iron beads were strung was a whole wild - cat skin , which was a handkerchief as well as an ornament . Attached to the back of the neck , by a thong threaded with brass rings , was ...
Page 729
... attached a beaded chain and used these only for festive occasions . Traders introduced small metal boxes , some with a mirror outside the lid on top . These were a source of great joy and pride and gourds fell into disuse . These metal ...
... attached a beaded chain and used these only for festive occasions . Traders introduced small metal boxes , some with a mirror outside the lid on top . These were a source of great joy and pride and gourds fell into disuse . These metal ...
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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