Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 555
... occasions , but since the middle of the last century , imported woven fabrics , notably woollen blankets ( Pl . 80 : 3 ) , cotton blanketing and sheeting , melton cloth , cashmere and towelling , and in East Griqualand salempore cloth ...
... occasions , but since the middle of the last century , imported woven fabrics , notably woollen blankets ( Pl . 80 : 3 ) , cotton blanketing and sheeting , melton cloth , cashmere and towelling , and in East Griqualand salempore cloth ...
Page 556
... occasions as late as 1931 , but this is unconfirmed . The South African Museum has , however , a short beadwork flap ( SAM - 6640 ) , described as a cloak ornament , of the period about 1870-1890 . Latterly , when in traditional dress ...
... occasions as late as 1931 , but this is unconfirmed . The South African Museum has , however , a short beadwork flap ( SAM - 6640 ) , described as a cloak ornament , of the period about 1870-1890 . Latterly , when in traditional dress ...
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... OCCASIONS The principal festive occasions of the people of this area are the initiation of boys and girls , initiation as diviners , marriage , and , for the Bhaca only , the feast of the first fruits . Other tribes used to hold this ...
... OCCASIONS The principal festive occasions of the people of this area are the initiation of boys and girls , initiation as diviners , marriage , and , for the Bhaca only , the feast of the first fruits . Other tribes used to hold this ...
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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