Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 621
... brass or ivory , and many wear girdles of slight metal chains round their loins , together with strings of blue and ... brass rings on their arms . The men likewise wear a girdle with small brass rings . The men are not tatooed , but all ...
... brass or ivory , and many wear girdles of slight metal chains round their loins , together with strings of blue and ... brass rings on their arms . The men likewise wear a girdle with small brass rings . The men are not tatooed , but all ...
Page 653
with brass wire , D. 2. also girdle , X. 3. leg- and arm - band , of brass clips . on cowtail - hair core , Mp . 4. hand - engraved brass bracelet worn by men ( general - Hamilton - Welsh ( Louw 1964 ) ) . 5. rubber - ring anklet , from ...
with brass wire , D. 2. also girdle , X. 3. leg- and arm - band , of brass clips . on cowtail - hair core , Mp . 4. hand - engraved brass bracelet worn by men ( general - Hamilton - Welsh ( Louw 1964 ) ) . 5. rubber - ring anklet , from ...
Page 672
... brass , copper or iron rings , worn on the wrists or just above the elbow or both , are still seen today , though shells rarely . The brass or copper bangle , ? isacholo , described in early records as being of ' thick brass wire ' , is ...
... brass , copper or iron rings , worn on the wrists or just above the elbow or both , are still seen today , though shells rarely . The brass or copper bangle , ? isacholo , described in early records as being of ' thick brass wire ' , is ...
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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