Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... Nguni branch of the southern African Bantu - speaking people . Delimiting such a unit and its representativeness are not unproblematical . As noted by Van Warmelo ( 1974 : 60 ) ' Nguni ' is a term of ethnographic convenience based on ...
... Nguni branch of the southern African Bantu - speaking people . Delimiting such a unit and its representativeness are not unproblematical . As noted by Van Warmelo ( 1974 : 60 ) ' Nguni ' is a term of ethnographic convenience based on ...
Page 318
... Nguni and a wide range of species was exploited for meat and hides . The grasslands fringed by subtropical forests in the eastern Cape , Natal and Swaziland , and the savannahs and dry woodlands of the Transvaal and Zimbabwe were able ...
... Nguni and a wide range of species was exploited for meat and hides . The grasslands fringed by subtropical forests in the eastern Cape , Natal and Swaziland , and the savannahs and dry woodlands of the Transvaal and Zimbabwe were able ...
Page 397
... Nguni - speakers but does not intend to imply cultural homogeneity or fixed cultural boundaries . One of the problems with studies that adopt a linguistic classi- ficatory grid is that the boundaries are assumed and not investigated ...
... Nguni - speakers but does not intend to imply cultural homogeneity or fixed cultural boundaries . One of the problems with studies that adopt a linguistic classi- ficatory grid is that the boundaries are assumed and not investigated ...
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animals antelope skin assegais baby-slings back-apron beads Bergville Bhaca blankets breast-covering Bryant cattle hide ceremonial occasions chiefs cleaned CLOTHING AND ORNAMENT colour covering decorated Delegorgue 1847 Dennilton Dingane diviners Doke & Vilakazi Duggan-Cronin collection eastern Cape fringes Fynn garment goat goatskin Groblersdal hair head-dress headband king King William's Town Krige Kropf Kuper leopard leopard skin loin-coverings Mankaiana Marwick McGregor Museum Mfengu NASKO Natal Natal Nguni Nebo nineteenth century Nongoma Northern Transvaal Ndebele oxhide oxtail panels pegged PENIS-SHEATHS recorded rubbed Samuelson 1929 sandals scraped sewing sewn Shaka shape sheepskin skin skin cloaks skin skirts skin-dressing skin-working skins and hides small shield softened Sotho Southern Nguni area Southern Transvaal strips Swazi Swaziland tails Terms Thembu thongs Transkei Tugela Ferry twisted unsoftened hides waist waistband Warmelo warriors wearing Webb & Wright Weiss Whisks woman wore worn by women wrapped Xhosa Xhosa and Thembu Zimbabwe Zulu