Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 578
... ceremony ' During the morning groups of women have also arrived at the Great Place clad in their ingcube attire of beadwork , freshly worked skin skirts and dyed ostrich plumes , with large leather rattles filled with pebbles tied to ...
... ceremony ' During the morning groups of women have also arrived at the Great Place clad in their ingcube attire of beadwork , freshly worked skin skirts and dyed ostrich plumes , with large leather rattles filled with pebbles tied to ...
Page 789
... ceremony of first fruits ' It appears that the ceremonial was last performed in its entirety by Chief Mngcisana in 1926 ; the last few decades have seen a marked modification in the attitude of many people to ingcube and an increasing ...
... ceremony of first fruits ' It appears that the ceremonial was last performed in its entirety by Chief Mngcisana in 1926 ; the last few decades have seen a marked modification in the attitude of many people to ingcube and an increasing ...
Page 795
... ceremony for girls . . . . A wealthy or influential kraalhead will take the initiative and build a beehive - shaped lodge ( ithonto , iphempe , isuthu ) for his son , and other youths of the neighbourhood will make use of it ...
... ceremony for girls . . . . A wealthy or influential kraalhead will take the initiative and build a beehive - shaped lodge ( ithonto , iphempe , isuthu ) for his son , and other youths of the neighbourhood will make use of it ...
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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