Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 464
... clothing Xhosa : men's and women's clothing Xhosa : undergarment ' The women independent of the Kaross wear an under skin garment tied under the arms and compressing the breasts , which though evincing great delicacy of conduct ...
... clothing Xhosa : men's and women's clothing Xhosa : undergarment ' The women independent of the Kaross wear an under skin garment tied under the arms and compressing the breasts , which though evincing great delicacy of conduct ...
Page 555
... clothing was resumed . An early account ( 1687 ) states that when the Xhosa chief died the men discarded their caps for a year . Probably this meant that they shaved off their hair - style ( see p . 529 ) , because men and women ...
... clothing was resumed . An early account ( 1687 ) states that when the Xhosa chief died the men discarded their caps for a year . Probably this meant that they shaved off their hair - style ( see p . 529 ) , because men and women ...
Page 558
... clothing . ) According to Bomvana informants , and it seems possible that this is the same for all in the west , it is only women and young men who redden their clothing . Both sections of the Mpondo , however , abandoned red at the ...
... clothing . ) According to Bomvana informants , and it seems possible that this is the same for all in the west , it is only women and young men who redden their clothing . Both sections of the Mpondo , however , abandoned red at 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