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... Shaka obliged old deposed chiefs to wear a monkey- skin loin - dress similar in shape to skirts worn by women ( Fynn [ 1824-61 ] 1950 : 285 ) . His izimbongi or praise - singers also wore cattle - hide loin - coverings shaped like ...
... Shaka obliged old deposed chiefs to wear a monkey- skin loin - dress similar in shape to skirts worn by women ( Fynn [ 1824-61 ] 1950 : 285 ) . His izimbongi or praise - singers also wore cattle - hide loin - coverings shaped like ...
Page 361
... -40 ] 1969 : 211 ) . The use of penis - sheaths continued even after the practice of circumcision had been stopped by Shaka . SANDALS Terms : isicathulo - shoe , boot , sandal. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS : SKIN - WORKING TECHNOLOGY 361.
... -40 ] 1969 : 211 ) . The use of penis - sheaths continued even after the practice of circumcision had been stopped by Shaka . SANDALS Terms : isicathulo - shoe , boot , sandal. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS : SKIN - WORKING TECHNOLOGY 361.
Page 372
... Shaka to Cetshwayo were usually described as white with a black patch ( Fynn [ 1824-61 ] 1950 : 75 ; Webb & Wright 1976 : 46 , 248 , 326 ; 1979 : 60 , 223 ) , but also sometimes as black with a white patch to the side ( Webb & Wright ...
... Shaka to Cetshwayo were usually described as white with a black patch ( Fynn [ 1824-61 ] 1950 : 75 ; Webb & Wright 1976 : 46 , 248 , 326 ; 1979 : 60 , 223 ) , but also sometimes as black with a white patch to the side ( Webb & Wright ...
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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