Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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... beadwork ' For each age group bead colours have symbolic significance . Among the Tembu tribe dark turquoise is the colour of youth . . . . Dancing , courtship and beadwork are intimately woven into the social structure . At the teenage ...
... beadwork ' For each age group bead colours have symbolic significance . Among the Tembu tribe dark turquoise is the colour of youth . . . . Dancing , courtship and beadwork are intimately woven into the social structure . At the teenage ...
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... beadwork Xhosa : beadwork indicates status Xhosa : royal beads Xhosa : beadwork of age groups Xhosa : decline of beadwork ' Today , it is evident to anyone that beadwork is fast disappearing . This decline is not only evident in the ...
... beadwork Xhosa : beadwork indicates status Xhosa : royal beads Xhosa : beadwork of age groups Xhosa : decline of beadwork ' Today , it is evident to anyone that beadwork is fast disappearing . This decline is not only evident in the ...
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... beadwork round head and vertically over from ear to ear , green and white , worn by young men and girls on special occasions , Mp 844 ( 817 ) umhlehlo 1. the inside fat , DT . 2. wide collar of beadwork worn by women and girls , so ...
... beadwork round head and vertically over from ear to ear , green and white , worn by young men and girls on special occasions , Mp 844 ( 817 ) umhlehlo 1. the inside fat , DT . 2. wide collar of beadwork worn by women and girls , so ...
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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