Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 558
... blue with washing blue , though still calling it ' white ' . Informants stated that a man would start to wear the blue sometime after he was married , and his wife would then do so too . Red is sometimes seen now in east Pondoland ...
... blue with washing blue , though still calling it ' white ' . Informants stated that a man would start to wear the blue sometime after he was married , and his wife would then do so too . Red is sometimes seen now in east Pondoland ...
Page 641
... blue and white bead work . Necklaces are twisted strands of blue and white beads , her several belts typically Pondo , of trading store brown leather variety , lavishly covered in blue and white beading . ' no . 7 Mpondo : mitten ...
... blue and white bead work . Necklaces are twisted strands of blue and white beads , her several belts typically Pondo , of trading store brown leather variety , lavishly covered in blue and white beading . ' no . 7 Mpondo : mitten ...
Page 876
... blue is used ) , red ochre and a black paint made usually of charred Mimosa wood . This is called Umsizi . Each boy ... blue spots . Round the stomach is a broad red band which is joined to the shoulders by broad red bands both from ...
... blue is used ) , red ochre and a black paint made usually of charred Mimosa wood . This is called Umsizi . Each boy ... blue spots . Round the stomach is a broad red band which is joined to the shoulders by broad red bands both from ...
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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