Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... ritual closing of ... occasions , such as the installation of a chief , by the imbongi ( Fig . 10 ) , who recited praises in the chief's honour . A small cape , isidabane , made of a complete antelope skin was worn by Xhosa men for ceremonial ...
... ritual closing of ... occasions , such as the installation of a chief , by the imbongi ( Fig . 10 ) , who recited praises in the chief's honour . A small cape , isidabane , made of a complete antelope skin was worn by Xhosa men for ceremonial ...
Page 343
... occasion of their marriage and thereafter an isikhaka became her habitual dress . By the mid - twentieth century , skin skirts were worn primarily on ceremonial occasions , having been replaced for everyday use by cotton skirts of ...
... occasion of their marriage and thereafter an isikhaka became her habitual dress . By the mid - twentieth century , skin skirts were worn primarily on ceremonial occasions , having been replaced for everyday use by cotton skirts of ...
Page 388
... ceremonial occasions ( Immelman 1986 pers . comm . ) . The more commonly worn married woman's apron , amaphotho , was also of goatskin and similar in shape to the itshogolo , except that a beaded fringe replaced the central lappets . It ...
... ceremonial occasions ( Immelman 1986 pers . comm . ) . The more commonly worn married woman's apron , amaphotho , was also of goatskin and similar in shape to the itshogolo , except that a beaded fringe replaced the central lappets . It ...
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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