Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 504
... young men also often wear an isi ( t ) shuba , which is a robe of brightly coloured cotton material reaching from waist to ankle . . . . Shirts are sometimes worn , and blankets are invariably draped about the upper part of the body ...
... young men also often wear an isi ( t ) shuba , which is a robe of brightly coloured cotton material reaching from waist to ankle . . . . Shirts are sometimes worn , and blankets are invariably draped about the upper part of the body ...
Page 505
... young girls , but to a much lesser extent youths and young men , have adhered to non - western dress . All Red women habitually wear at least the traditional , red - ochred skirts ; many of them wear the items to be described below ...
... young girls , but to a much lesser extent youths and young men , have adhered to non - western dress . All Red women habitually wear at least the traditional , red - ochred skirts ; many of them wear the items to be described below ...
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... young women ( Pls 79 : 1 ; 105 : 3 ) . FINGER - RINGS Brass , copper or , rarely , iron rings ( umsesane ) were worn on the fingers by both sexes , according to Lichtenstein ( 1811 ) particularly on the thumb . Brass rings are today ...
... young women ( Pls 79 : 1 ; 105 : 3 ) . FINGER - RINGS Brass , copper or , rarely , iron rings ( umsesane ) were worn on the fingers by both sexes , according to Lichtenstein ( 1811 ) particularly on the thumb . Brass rings are today ...
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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