Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 655
... girdle of men and boys , girls , Mp 891 ingcengce 1. girdle or waistband , ungcenge , D. 2. flat beadwork waistband or necklace , X. 3. otherwise not known 892 intseka 1. necklace of ostrich egg - shell beads , D. 2. girdle of imizi , X ...
... girdle of men and boys , girls , Mp 891 ingcengce 1. girdle or waistband , ungcenge , D. 2. flat beadwork waistband or necklace , X. 3. otherwise not known 892 intseka 1. necklace of ostrich egg - shell beads , D. 2. girdle of imizi , X ...
Page 676
... girdles shown in the Gordon drawings of Xhosa men wearing an apron suspended from the girdle appear to consist of large beads , like or larger than those worn round the neck by the same figures , and not , as one might have expected ...
... girdles shown in the Gordon drawings of Xhosa men wearing an apron suspended from the girdle appear to consist of large beads , like or larger than those worn round the neck by the same figures , and not , as one might have expected ...
Page 678
... girdle ( Pl . 106 : 3 ) . In Döhne's time two such girdles would buy an ox . Men and women wore this handsome ornament ( uqhwemesha ) , among Xhosa and Thembu . At the same period Mpondo men were wearing what Steedman calls ' slight ...
... girdle ( Pl . 106 : 3 ) . In Döhne's time two such girdles would buy an ox . Men and women wore this handsome ornament ( uqhwemesha ) , among Xhosa and Thembu . At the same period Mpondo men were wearing what Steedman calls ' slight ...
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Costume and insignia | 558 |
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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