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... APRONS Terms : inciyo - a woman's modesty apron , made of skin and ornamented with beads ; icacawe - a woman's modesty apron , made of the small ends of umkwinti ( Kropf 1915 ) . Throughout the Southern Nguni area , small skin aprons ...
... APRONS Terms : inciyo - a woman's modesty apron , made of skin and ornamented with beads ; icacawe - a woman's modesty apron , made of the small ends of umkwinti ( Kropf 1915 ) . Throughout the Southern Nguni area , small skin aprons ...
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... aprons in the shape of a swallow - tail were recorded in the Xhosa area in the first half of the nineteenth century . These were probably worn over a fringed apron , as shown in an illustration by Bisset ( 1835 ; AFR 63/1550 ) . It ...
... aprons in the shape of a swallow - tail were recorded in the Xhosa area in the first half of the nineteenth century . These were probably worn over a fringed apron , as shown in an illustration by Bisset ( 1835 ; AFR 63/1550 ) . It ...
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... apron worn by girls was an indication of their unmarried status . The apron could be made from cut - off pieces of hide from larger garments , and consisted of a simple flap of soft skin , or of fringes of skin , vegetable fibre or ...
... apron worn by girls was an indication of their unmarried status . The apron could be made from cut - off pieces of hide from larger garments , and consisted of a simple flap of soft skin , or of fringes of skin , vegetable fibre or ...
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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