Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 562
... neck as far as the shoulders . ' p . 272 Xhosa : bridegroom's dress . . . he puts nice beads on his neck and rings round his wrists a brass chain round his waist and a brass circular chain ring to extremity of penis . He takes an ...
... neck as far as the shoulders . ' p . 272 Xhosa : bridegroom's dress . . . he puts nice beads on his neck and rings round his wrists a brass chain round his waist and a brass circular chain ring to extremity of penis . He takes an ...
Page 651
... neck or across the upper part of the body ; garland , D X Mp . 2. isidanga samadoda long neck- lace with squares ( T - Mrs Goodwin ) . 3. long beaded blue necklace worn at intonjane by girls and ' witchdoctresses ' ( T - Hamilton ...
... neck or across the upper part of the body ; garland , D X Mp . 2. isidanga samadoda long neck- lace with squares ( T - Mrs Goodwin ) . 3. long beaded blue necklace worn at intonjane by girls and ' witchdoctresses ' ( T - Hamilton ...
Page 652
... neck ; ornament for the neck , D. 2. not confirmed by X ; T and Mp maintain tassels of goat are imingxili and imingxilo , and do not denote ornament 849 umthombothi sandalwood ( Excoecaria africana Mull . ( now Spirostachys africana ...
... neck ; ornament for the neck , D. 2. not confirmed by X ; T and Mp maintain tassels of goat are imingxili and imingxilo , and do not denote ornament 849 umthombothi sandalwood ( Excoecaria africana Mull . ( now Spirostachys africana ...
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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