Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 522
... wore a sheath of hide with the hair left on , or a cap of a calabash , or one of two kinds of nut , or a sheath made of the spathe leaves of a mealie cob decorated with beads . In modern times the Xhosa style was exactly the same as the ...
... wore a sheath of hide with the hair left on , or a cap of a calabash , or one of two kinds of nut , or a sheath made of the spathe leaves of a mealie cob decorated with beads . In modern times the Xhosa style was exactly the same as the ...
Page 536
... wore several , the upper one being decorated with buttons and beads . In the late 1820s there were still some women , particularly among the upper classes , who wore only an apron under their cloaks , but the majority of married women ...
... wore several , the upper one being decorated with buttons and beads . In the late 1820s there were still some women , particularly among the upper classes , who wore only an apron under their cloaks , but the majority of married women ...
Page 588
... wore their ' karosses ' , which may mean cloak or isidabane , and Bonatz says the same of the Thembu . Kropf , writing in the 1860s , states that they wore all manner of tails round waist and limbs , but there is no confirmation of this ...
... wore their ' karosses ' , which may mean cloak or isidabane , and Bonatz says the same of the Thembu . Kropf , writing in the 1860s , states that they wore all manner of tails round waist and limbs , but there is no confirmation of this ...
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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