Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 583
... white blankets and great quantities of white beads , with a chaplet of such beads around the head and long strings of them dangling from it as a marked feature . ' p . 281 6 Tshezi : diviner's dress " White beads of consent " alludes to ...
... white blankets and great quantities of white beads , with a chaplet of such beads around the head and long strings of them dangling from it as a marked feature . ' p . 281 6 Tshezi : diviner's dress " White beads of consent " alludes to ...
Page 584
... white is the colour chosen by their ancestors for them because it is associated with light and that diviners need ... beads ' The only people who do not wear beads for ornamentation are the diviners ( amaggira ) , who wear only white ...
... white is the colour chosen by their ancestors for them because it is associated with light and that diviners need ... beads ' The only people who do not wear beads for ornamentation are the diviners ( amaggira ) , who wear only white ...
Page 592
... white loin - cloth or skirt and perhaps a blouse or T - shirt , with a white cloak if needed . White is the special ... beads , hanging to the eyes or below , and other white beadwork ( Pl . 91 : 1-4 ) . The cap is supposed to be of ...
... white loin - cloth or skirt and perhaps a blouse or T - shirt , with a white cloak if needed . White is the special ... beads , hanging to the eyes or below , and other white beadwork ( Pl . 91 : 1-4 ) . The cap is supposed to be of ...
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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