Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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... Various charms ( amakhubalo ) are used to ensure a good crop . ' Bhaca : umbilical cord ' The umbilical cord ( inkaba ) is never severed with a knife but with a stem of inchongolo , a hollow grass found near rivers , or isiqungwa ...
... Various charms ( amakhubalo ) are used to ensure a good crop . ' Bhaca : umbilical cord ' The umbilical cord ( inkaba ) is never severed with a knife but with a stem of inchongolo , a hollow grass found near rivers , or isiqungwa ...
Page 824
... various affairs , such as when a meeting of the Kraal is desired . ' 1819-29 Moodie , J. W. D. ( 1835 ) p . 251 ' The women were drawn up at Xhosa : drum hundred yards distance ; they sang , clapped their hands , beat a kind of rude ...
... various affairs , such as when a meeting of the Kraal is desired . ' 1819-29 Moodie , J. W. D. ( 1835 ) p . 251 ' The women were drawn up at Xhosa : drum hundred yards distance ; they sang , clapped their hands , beat a kind of rude ...
Page 860
... various coloured beads , buttons , brass wire , and old pieces of iron . This market was held every Monday morning , for the exclusive benefit of the garrison ; and no barter whatever for ivory or cattle was allowed . The whole was ...
... various coloured beads , buttons , brass wire , and old pieces of iron . This market was held every Monday morning , for the exclusive benefit of the garrison ; and no barter whatever for ivory or cattle was allowed . The whole was ...
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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