Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 613
... ring ' Round their left arm they put several rings of ivory ( from two to ten ) above the elbow . On some , who have worn these rings from their youth , they are so tight that they cannot get them off , and I have several times been ...
... ring ' Round their left arm they put several rings of ivory ( from two to ten ) above the elbow . On some , who have worn these rings from their youth , they are so tight that they cannot get them off , and I have several times been ...
Page 623
... rings and large copper neck rings , some of which weigh several pounds . ' P. 105 Mpondo : chief's head ornaments ' Faco was now pointed out to us . a tall good looking man , . . . in no way distinguishable from the rest of his people ...
... rings and large copper neck rings , some of which weigh several pounds . ' P. 105 Mpondo : chief's head ornaments ' Faco was now pointed out to us . a tall good looking man , . . . in no way distinguishable from the rest of his people ...
Page 631
... rings ' One of the fore - arms is generally covered by a series of plain brass rings or coils of highly burnished brass wire ; these are put on very tightly at first , and are often the cause of intense suffering , occasioning great ...
... rings ' One of the fore - arms is generally covered by a series of plain brass rings or coils of highly burnished brass wire ; these are put on very tightly at first , and are often the cause of intense suffering , occasioning great ...
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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