Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 58, Issue 4The Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 562
Round the loins they place rows of circular wire or other articles which they look
upon as ornaments , and to the hind head they fix the extremity of a hartebeest
tail by a piece of riem round the head , and which hangs down on the nape of the
...
Round the loins they place rows of circular wire or other articles which they look
upon as ornaments , and to the hind head they fix the extremity of a hartebeest
tail by a piece of riem round the head , and which hangs down on the nape of the
...
Page 588
The sketches of Xhosa warriors of the Frontier Wars to about the middle of the
nineteenth century show them as naked ( Pl . 90 : 1 , 2 ) except , presumably , for
the penis - sheath , but most of the authors state that they wore tied round the
loins ...
The sketches of Xhosa warriors of the Frontier Wars to about the middle of the
nineteenth century show them as naked ( Pl . 90 : 1 , 2 ) except , presumably , for
the penis - sheath , but most of the authors state that they wore tied round the
loins ...
Page 650
2 . not confirmed anywhere 816 ungeshe 1 . ear - pendant ; black and white
beads worn round the neck , D . 2 . unconfirmed except by one very old and good
Mp informant : strings of beadwork round head and vertically over from ear to ear
...
2 . not confirmed anywhere 816 ungeshe 1 . ear - pendant ; black and white
beads worn round the neck , D . 2 . unconfirmed except by one very old and good
Mp informant : strings of beadwork round head and vertically over from ear to ear
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