Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 536
... girls , often as their only garment , uqhwemesha , or with the addition of a short skirt of gay cloth , open at the front to show the beads . The second sort of apron is recorded from the Xhosa and Fingo only , and only during the first ...
... girls , often as their only garment , uqhwemesha , or with the addition of a short skirt of gay cloth , open at the front to show the beads . The second sort of apron is recorded from the Xhosa and Fingo only , and only during the first ...
Page 554
... girls , except that Mpondo girls wore none , but it is probable that they were shorter versions of those of their mothers . All these garments were ornamented as profusely as availability and the means and fantasy of the owner allowed ...
... girls , except that Mpondo girls wore none , but it is probable that they were shorter versions of those of their mothers . All these garments were ornamented as profusely as availability and the means and fantasy of the owner allowed ...
Page 804
... girls of the umtshotsho [ teenagers ] , the girls of the intlombe [ young people ] participate in two further ceremonies related to the crops . The first is known as nqoloqho . . . . Prior to sowing . . . a committee is elected , a ...
... girls of the umtshotsho [ teenagers ] , the girls of the intlombe [ young people ] participate in two further ceremonies related to the crops . The first is known as nqoloqho . . . . Prior to sowing . . . a committee is elected , a ...
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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