Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 77
Page 532
... seen from Bain's drawings ( Pl . 73 : 4 ) , Xesibe men , in 1829 , had their hair in thin strings to just above the shoulders at the back , held high off the forehead by a semi - circular pad . Feathers and other ornaments were then ...
... seen from Bain's drawings ( Pl . 73 : 4 ) , Xesibe men , in 1829 , had their hair in thin strings to just above the shoulders at the back , held high off the forehead by a semi - circular pad . Feathers and other ornaments were then ...
Page 558
... seen now in east Pondoland , worn by unmarried or recently married people . Towards the Natal border no blue was seen , but white , red and a good deal of black . The Immigrant Tribes did not originally use red . The Fingo to a large ...
... seen now in east Pondoland , worn by unmarried or recently married people . Towards the Natal border no blue was seen , but white , red and a good deal of black . The Immigrant Tribes did not originally use red . The Fingo to a large ...
Page 631
... seen this done twice . They are very jealous of these armlets , and if there is any life left in them , will always smash them sooner than let them be taken . To those who may not have seen one of them , I ought to give a description ...
... seen this done twice . They are very jealous of these armlets , and if there is any life left in them , will always smash them sooner than let them be taken . To those who may not have seen one of them , I ought to give a description ...
Contents
Personal and general | 449 |
Costume and insignia | 558 |
Ornament | 606 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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