Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... beads ; icacawe - a woman's modesty apron , made of the small ends of umkwinti ( Kropf 1915 ) . Throughout the Southern Nguni area , small skin aprons were essential items of dress for women . In an early account of Xhosa clothing ...
... beads ; icacawe - a woman's modesty apron , made of the small ends of umkwinti ( Kropf 1915 ) . Throughout the Southern Nguni area , small skin aprons were essential items of dress for women . In an early account of Xhosa clothing ...
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... beads , buttons or brass rings ( Lichtenstein [ 1810 ] 1928 : 339 ; Hallbeck & Fritsch 1827 : 303 ; Morgan 1833 : 37 ; Alexander 1837 : 391 ) . A combination of blue and white , or black and white beads , seems to have been the earliest ...
... beads , buttons or brass rings ( Lichtenstein [ 1810 ] 1928 : 339 ; Hallbeck & Fritsch 1827 : 303 ; Morgan 1833 : 37 ; Alexander 1837 : 391 ) . A combination of blue and white , or black and white beads , seems to have been the earliest ...
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... beads sewn along the seams but , by the third decade of the century , head - dresses were profusely beaded with white and black , or white and blue beads ( Barrow 1806 : 120 ; Phillips 1827 : 192 ; Morgan 1833 : 38 ; Alexander 1837 ...
... beads sewn along the seams but , by the third decade of the century , head - dresses were profusely beaded with white and black , or white and blue beads ( Barrow 1806 : 120 ; Phillips 1827 : 192 ; Morgan 1833 : 38 ; Alexander 1837 ...
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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