Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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Page 323
... hair The above process produced supple skins free of hair . How the process dif- fered when the hair was retained , is not clear from historical accounts . Adams ( 1839 : 131 ) mentioned that when dressing ' tiger or other skins ' they ...
... hair The above process produced supple skins free of hair . How the process dif- fered when the hair was retained , is not clear from historical accounts . Adams ( 1839 : 131 ) mentioned that when dressing ' tiger or other skins ' they ...
Page 344
... hair on the inside , was widely used by men for carrying pipes , tobacco and other personal possessions . As there was a tendency for articles to get lost in the ' legs ' of the bag , a pouch for small items was often kept inside the ...
... hair on the inside , was widely used by men for carrying pipes , tobacco and other personal possessions . As there was a tendency for articles to get lost in the ' legs ' of the bag , a pouch for small items was often kept inside the ...
Page 352
... hair was scraped off with an adze . A later method recorded was to apply salt and pluck out the hair by hand ( Bergville , 1969 ) . Sheepskin was gen- erally used with the wool retained . Further softening treatment involved various ...
... hair was scraped off with an adze . A later method recorded was to apply salt and pluck out the hair by hand ( Bergville , 1969 ) . Sheepskin was gen- erally used with the wool retained . Further softening treatment involved various ...
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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