Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... CLOAKS Terms : umnweba - a garment of different colours , made of the skins of various kinds of small animals ; ingubo — a garment , kaross , cloak , robe . . . ( Kropf 1915 ) . Cloaks made from the skins of game animals or from the ...
... CLOAKS Terms : umnweba - a garment of different colours , made of the skins of various kinds of small animals ; ingubo — a garment , kaross , cloak , robe . . . ( Kropf 1915 ) . Cloaks made from the skins of game animals or from the ...
Page 331
... cloaks were everyday dress , whereas the tailored , decorated cloaks were more formal . The latter were recorded only in the west of the Southern Nguni area ; they were not recorded among the Mpondo , who were said to wear unadorned ...
... cloaks were everyday dress , whereas the tailored , decorated cloaks were more formal . The latter were recorded only in the west of the Southern Nguni area ; they were not recorded among the Mpondo , who were said to wear unadorned ...
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... Cloaks were worn by men , women and children as protection against the cold , and were used as blankets at night . Women's cloaks , often referred to by early writers as ' kaross ' , had many functions . They could be worn as skirts ...
... Cloaks were worn by men , women and children as protection against the cold , and were used as blankets at night . Women's cloaks , often referred to by early writers as ' kaross ' , had many functions . They could be worn as skirts ...
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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