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Page 497
... blankets must be hemmed . . . . The womenfolk , in addition to the cotton blanket , use large quantities of kaffir sheeting . This is a coarsely woven cloth , some 50 to 52 inches wide made largely from waste yarns , . . . . The ...
... blankets must be hemmed . . . . The womenfolk , in addition to the cotton blanket , use large quantities of kaffir sheeting . This is a coarsely woven cloth , some 50 to 52 inches wide made largely from waste yarns , . . . . The ...
Page 510
ibayi 1. cotton blanket ; the upper part of a woman's dress made of such a blanket ; from ( Algoa ) Bay , where such blankets were first imported , D. ( Not derived from the Bay , but from Dutch baai woollen cloth . ) 2. ' Kafir ...
ibayi 1. cotton blanket ; the upper part of a woman's dress made of such a blanket ; from ( Algoa ) Bay , where such blankets were first imported , D. ( Not derived from the Bay , but from Dutch baai woollen cloth . ) 2. ' Kafir ...
Page 556
... blankets , but more often woollen ( Pl . 80 : 3 ) . There are different names for different sorts of blanket . In the west the blankets are large ; in east Pondoland men seem to favour a narrow blanket with a stripe at each end and wear ...
... blankets , but more often woollen ( Pl . 80 : 3 ) . There are different names for different sorts of blanket . In the west the blankets are large ; in east Pondoland men seem to favour a narrow blanket with a stripe at each end and wear ...
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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