Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 712
... carried by women for their small items , or used by men for their private tobacco supply ( as distinct from that which they were prepared to hand round ) or other small items . The women carried theirs attached to a girdle or on the ...
... carried by women for their small items , or used by men for their private tobacco supply ( as distinct from that which they were prepared to hand round ) or other small items . The women carried theirs attached to a girdle or on the ...
Page 713
... carried attached to the cloak , generally hanging down the back or shoulder , by means of an ornamental strap , usually a thong covered with coiled brass wire . They were used mostly by women , but very occasionally by men , and are now ...
... carried attached to the cloak , generally hanging down the back or shoulder , by means of an ornamental strap , usually a thong covered with coiled brass wire . They were used mostly by women , but very occasionally by men , and are now ...
Page 745
... carried on its own , slung from shoulder , belt or wrist , and sometimes carried in the larger bag as a purse to keep the tobacco separate from the smoking apparatus and other personal objects that are also carried in the bag . The ...
... carried on its own , slung from shoulder , belt or wrist , and sometimes carried in the larger bag as a purse to keep the tobacco separate from the smoking apparatus and other personal objects that are also carried in the bag . The ...
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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