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Page 343
... monkey skin . . . ' gives no indication of social context . A number of ornaments made entirely or partly of skin are preserved in museum collections . Headbands ( iinquma ) made from the tail hair of a monkey twined together with fibre ...
... monkey skin . . . ' gives no indication of social context . A number of ornaments made entirely or partly of skin are preserved in museum collections . Headbands ( iinquma ) made from the tail hair of a monkey twined together with fibre ...
Page 357
... monkey or genet , worn dangling on each side of the head before the ears , as warriors full - dress ornament at feasts , etc .; umqhele— . . . ornament ( of beads or otter skin ) worn encircling the head as a sign of rank , or by Zulu ...
... monkey or genet , worn dangling on each side of the head before the ears , as warriors full - dress ornament at feasts , etc .; umqhele— . . . ornament ( of beads or otter skin ) worn encircling the head as a sign of rank , or by Zulu ...
Page 360
... monkey- skin loin - dress similar in shape to skirts worn by women ( Fynn [ 1824-61 ] 1950 : 285 ) . His izimbongi or praise - singers also wore cattle - hide loin - coverings shaped like women's skirts and reaching to the knees ( Webb ...
... monkey- skin loin - dress similar in shape to skirts worn by women ( Fynn [ 1824-61 ] 1950 : 285 ) . His izimbongi or praise - singers also wore cattle - hide loin - coverings shaped like women's skirts and reaching to the knees ( Webb ...
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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