Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... BREAST - COVERINGS Terms : imbeka ― the small square of light skin that covers a woman's breast when at work or at home ; incebetha - attire of beads used by women as a breast - covering ; ixhosha — a dressed hide , especially the covering ...
... BREAST - COVERINGS Terms : imbeka ― the small square of light skin that covers a woman's breast when at work or at home ; incebetha - attire of beads used by women as a breast - covering ; ixhosha — a dressed hide , especially the covering ...
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... breast - coverings were worn by Mpondo women . By the 1970s , when fieldwork for this study was being con- ducted , skins had ceased to be used but those married women who still adhered to traditional dress wore a breast - covering made ...
... breast - coverings were worn by Mpondo women . By the 1970s , when fieldwork for this study was being con- ducted , skins had ceased to be used but those married women who still adhered to traditional dress wore a breast - covering made ...
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South African Museum. BREAST - COVERINGS Terms : umbodiya - skin covering for the breasts ; ingcayi / isigcayi - leather or other cover- ing worn by women to cover the breasts and abdomen when first married or when pregnant ; isidiya ...
South African Museum. BREAST - COVERINGS Terms : umbodiya - skin covering for the breasts ; ingcayi / isigcayi - leather or other cover- ing worn by women to cover the breasts and abdomen when first married or when pregnant ; isidiya ...
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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