Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 459
... means of a girdle of leather , the upper part is reflected and hangs down , leaving the upper part of the body naked , but if the woman has a young child she places it on her back , and secures it there by drawing up this upper part of ...
... means of a girdle of leather , the upper part is reflected and hangs down , leaving the upper part of the body naked , but if the woman has a young child she places it on her back , and secures it there by drawing up this upper part of ...
Page 724
... means of the latter , to their girdles , and keeping it well supplied with snuff , they have frequent recourse to it , and by means of the appendages already described , they supply , irritate , and finally cleanse their noses at their ...
... means of the latter , to their girdles , and keeping it well supplied with snuff , they have frequent recourse to it , and by means of the appendages already described , they supply , irritate , and finally cleanse their noses at their ...
Page 861
... means so poor as many had been disposed to think . It was at first apprehended that the door being thrown open for a free trade in cattle would be the means of rendering the Kaffer still more predatory and mischievous ; that disposing ...
... means so poor as many had been disposed to think . It was at first apprehended that the door being thrown open for a free trade in cattle would be the means of rendering the Kaffer still more predatory and mischievous ; that disposing ...
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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