Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 554
... boys , as soon as they started to herd , this cloak was made of buck- , calf- or , later , sheepskin ( Pl . 78 : 2 ) . Small Thembu and Hlubi boys in Herschel district were seen wearing a kilt of beads threaded on sinew . Only after ...
... boys , as soon as they started to herd , this cloak was made of buck- , calf- or , later , sheepskin ( Pl . 78 : 2 ) . Small Thembu and Hlubi boys in Herschel district were seen wearing a kilt of beads threaded on sinew . Only after ...
Page 847
... boys burn today show the same feature in the immense size of the horns . ' 1925 Goodwin p . 19 Mpondo : toys , stick - fighting ' The girls have their dolls , little mealie cobs dressed in rags , ... The boys play more manly games ...
... boys burn today show the same feature in the immense size of the horns . ' 1925 Goodwin p . 19 Mpondo : toys , stick - fighting ' The girls have their dolls , little mealie cobs dressed in rags , ... The boys play more manly games ...
Page 856
... boys always carry , are used as weapons in the fencing game , owenduku ( see Shaw & Van Warmelo 1981 : 322 ) , and also to throw at another stick ( uthinti ) stuck upright in the ground , or thrown into the air , as a target . Xhosa ...
... boys always carry , are used as weapons in the fencing game , owenduku ( see Shaw & Van Warmelo 1981 : 322 ) , and also to throw at another stick ( uthinti ) stuck upright in the ground , or thrown into the air , as a target . Xhosa ...
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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