Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 561
... leaves , which is made by fastening the leaves to a cord long enough to go five times round the body , so that their loose ends reach about half - way down the thigh . This has a fantastic but not unpleasing appearance , and makes an ...
... leaves , which is made by fastening the leaves to a cord long enough to go five times round the body , so that their loose ends reach about half - way down the thigh . This has a fantastic but not unpleasing appearance , and makes an ...
Page 587
... leaves stuck on either side of the head - dress worn by an umkhwetha when dancing , D X not Xes 748 ( 724 ) umhlambi 1. the dress , made of palm leaves , worn round the waist by boys undergoing the rite of circumcision , D X ( Bo - Cook ...
... leaves stuck on either side of the head - dress worn by an umkhwetha when dancing , D X not Xes 748 ( 724 ) umhlambi 1. the dress , made of palm leaves , worn round the waist by boys undergoing the rite of circumcision , D X ( Bo - Cook ...
Page 742
... leaves were dried and ground small . According to Makalima it was grown in Thembuland in the veld and forest where it was not easily seen , and it received no special care . The leaves were dried and sweated like tobacco . Other ...
... leaves were dried and ground small . According to Makalima it was grown in Thembuland in the veld and forest where it was not easily seen , and it received no special care . The leaves were dried and sweated like tobacco . Other ...
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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