Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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... skirt ( Sotho thethana ) for women and children , T Hlu Herschel 683 isikhaka 1. short skirt made of skin ; a petticoat , D. 2. general for skin skirt , now long in west and West Pondoland , short in east . 3. long cloth skirt ( X - EL ) ...
... skirt ( Sotho thethana ) for women and children , T Hlu Herschel 683 isikhaka 1. short skirt made of skin ; a petticoat , D. 2. general for skin skirt , now long in west and West Pondoland , short in east . 3. long cloth skirt ( X - EL ) ...
Page 540
... skirts among the women's wear . A skirt proper , worn over the apron , is only mentioned regularly after 1820. From about 1820 onwards , however , Xhosa , Thembu and Fingo women wore a skin skirt fastened at the waist and hanging to ...
... skirts among the women's wear . A skirt proper , worn over the apron , is only mentioned regularly after 1820. From about 1820 onwards , however , Xhosa , Thembu and Fingo women wore a skin skirt fastened at the waist and hanging to ...
Page 541
... skirts decorated with brass buttons , shirt buttons and beads . Skirts of European style were worn with blouse and head - cloth by Mission converts from about the middle of the nineteenth century . Latterly the skirt , umbhaco , most ...
... skirts decorated with brass buttons , shirt buttons and beads . Skirts of European style were worn with blouse and head - cloth by Mission converts from about the middle of the nineteenth century . Latterly the skirt , umbhaco , most ...
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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