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Page 497
... known to the trade as a Cape Witney . . . . The Mattross blanket , like the cotton one , is almost square in shape and is made in two designs : one with a single black stripe known as a Navy Stripe Mattross , used by the Xhosa , and the ...
... known to the trade as a Cape Witney . . . . The Mattross blanket , like the cotton one , is almost square in shape and is made in two designs : one with a single black stripe known as a Navy Stripe Mattross , used by the Xhosa , and the ...
Page 508
... known every- where 644 isisila senkuku 1. ( hen's tail ) way of doing up and wearing the qhiya , D. 2. with tail hanging behind , Mp Xes . 3. not known , XT 645 ubhedali 1. nD . 2. style of wearing head - cloth , Xes . ( Looks doubtful ...
... known every- where 644 isisila senkuku 1. ( hen's tail ) way of doing up and wearing the qhiya , D. 2. with tail hanging behind , Mp Xes . 3. not known , XT 645 ubhedali 1. nD . 2. style of wearing head - cloth , Xes . ( Looks doubtful ...
Page 707
... known from the literature : the skin ' handkerchief ' , the sweat - scraper , a powder - puff and a toothbrush . Of these , only the latter appears to be known now . The ' handkerchief ' was the whole , softened skin of a wild cat or ...
... known from the literature : the skin ' handkerchief ' , the sweat - scraper , a powder - puff and a toothbrush . Of these , only the latter appears to be known now . The ' handkerchief ' was the whole , softened skin of a wild cat or ...
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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