Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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... decorated with beads . ' legend to pl . 192 Hlubi : girl's dress ' This youngster of about five years is dressed in the typical beadwork apron ( inciyo ) with a sheepskin idada worn over the shoulders for warmth . ' pl . 195 and legend ...
... decorated with beads . ' legend to pl . 192 Hlubi : girl's dress ' This youngster of about five years is dressed in the typical beadwork apron ( inciyo ) with a sheepskin idada worn over the shoulders for warmth . ' pl . 195 and legend ...
Page 522
... decorated calabash , a fashion possibly introduced by the Fingo , or of ox - tail skin , or of ' other material ' is recorded . Of the eastern tribes the only early description is of the Mpondo , in the 1820s . They wore a sheath of ...
... decorated calabash , a fashion possibly introduced by the Fingo , or of ox - tail skin , or of ' other material ' is recorded . Of the eastern tribes the only early description is of the Mpondo , in the 1820s . They wore a sheath of ...
Page 626
... decorated calabashes . ' p . 263 ? Natal : necklace ' Further northward , massive rings are worn about the necks of people of rank ; these are said to become so much heated by the sun , that a servant is often kept in attendance , with ...
... decorated calabashes . ' p . 263 ? Natal : necklace ' Further northward , massive rings are worn about the necks of people of rank ; these are said to become so much heated by the sun , that a servant is often kept in attendance , with ...
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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