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Page 465
... karosses there is a great deal of work of this kind . To the kaross of the women is fixed a long stripe of hide which hangs from the middle of the shoulders to the skirt of the mantle and even sometimes below it and it is ornamented ...
... karosses there is a great deal of work of this kind . To the kaross of the women is fixed a long stripe of hide which hangs from the middle of the shoulders to the skirt of the mantle and even sometimes below it and it is ornamented ...
Page 510
... kaross , D. 2. not confirmed 657 ikhutshu kaross or small garment made of leopard skins , DT 658 ingubo garment , cloak , robe , blanket for covering the whole body , pl . clothes , D , general . ( A widely distributed common Bantu root ) ...
... kaross , D. 2. not confirmed 657 ikhutshu kaross or small garment made of leopard skins , DT 658 ingubo garment , cloak , robe , blanket for covering the whole body , pl . clothes , D , general . ( A widely distributed common Bantu root ) ...
Page 690
... kaross is well shaped , and neatly sewed , but , like that of the men , without sleeves . Upon the back there hangs a strip of ox - skin , with the hair outside , about ten inches wide , of the same length as the kaross , and ...
... kaross is well shaped , and neatly sewed , but , like that of the men , without sleeves . Upon the back there hangs a strip of ox - skin , with the hair outside , about ten inches wide , of the same length as the kaross , and ...
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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