Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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Page 325
... garment was dampened and stretched out in order to straighten and tighten the seams . Thereafter it was once again rubbed by hand , in conjunction with application of fat — or sour milk as was the Xhosa custom — and finally , if the ...
... garment was dampened and stretched out in order to straighten and tighten the seams . Thereafter it was once again rubbed by hand , in conjunction with application of fat — or sour milk as was the Xhosa custom — and finally , if the ...
Page 326
... garment . To supply skin clothing for an extended family must have been demanding , not only in terms of resources but also in labour and time . Considering this , together with changing economic conditions during the nine- teenth ...
... garment . To supply skin clothing for an extended family must have been demanding , not only in terms of resources but also in labour and time . Considering this , together with changing economic conditions during the nine- teenth ...
Page 329
... 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 hides of cattle , were worn ...
... 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 hides of cattle , were worn ...
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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