Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 493
... wear skin skirts . These are now worn as under- skirts . . . . Unmarried as well as married women wear a beaded inkciyo or body- belt with a fringe . . . . Many Red Native women wear a skirt the pattern of which was copied in the ...
... wear skin skirts . These are now worn as under- skirts . . . . Unmarried as well as married women wear a beaded inkciyo or body- belt with a fringe . . . . Many Red Native women wear a skirt the pattern of which was copied in the ...
Page 504
... wear the small bead apron ( inkciyo ) of former days . Married women now wear an outer braided skirt ( umbhaco ) with a short underskirt ( utoliweyo ) . A breast - cover ( incebetha ) is being replaced by an isi- ( t ) shuba , which is ...
... wear the small bead apron ( inkciyo ) of former days . Married women now wear an outer braided skirt ( umbhaco ) with a short underskirt ( utoliweyo ) . A breast - cover ( incebetha ) is being replaced by an isi- ( t ) shuba , which is ...
Page 600
... wear the long skirt and plenty of ornaments . Their bridesmaids wear the same . Hlubi brides wear a head - dress of feathers and a beadwork veil , and their long skin skirt is ornamented with white buttons . Bhaca brides wear skin ...
... wear the long skirt and plenty of ornaments . Their bridesmaids wear the same . Hlubi brides wear a head - dress of feathers and a beadwork veil , and their long skin skirt is ornamented with white buttons . Bhaca brides wear skin ...
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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