Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 588
... round the loins and hanging down at the back , the isidabane , a dressed skin of the oribi , or , according to a Thembu informant , the blesbok . All are agreed that the isidabane was worn by warriors for dancing , tied round the neck ...
... round the loins and hanging down at the back , the isidabane , a dressed skin of the oribi , or , according to a Thembu informant , the blesbok . All are agreed that the isidabane was worn by warriors for dancing , tied round the neck ...
Page 650
... 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 , green and white , worn by young men and girls on special occasions , Mp 817 ( 844 ) ...
... 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 , green and white , worn by young men and girls on special occasions , Mp 817 ( 844 ) ...
Page 676
... round the waist or above the breast ; a band worn round the back and over the breasts , the modern wide beadwork waistbands , and a thin cord put round a baby's waist to measure growth in the first six months . The earliest type of ...
... round the waist or above the breast ; a band worn round the back and over the breasts , the modern wide beadwork waistbands , and a thin cord put round a baby's waist to measure growth in the first six months . The earliest type of ...
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Costume and insignia | 558 |
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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