Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... ORNAMENTS Terms : inquma - a head ornament [ of skin ] ; inqashela — piece of skin used as a legging ; ingcaca - cowrie shells used as an ornamental band on the foreheads of men ; intshinga— ornament of tassel - like appearance made ...
... ORNAMENTS Terms : inquma - a head ornament [ of skin ] ; inqashela — piece of skin used as a legging ; ingcaca - cowrie shells used as an ornamental band on the foreheads of men ; intshinga— ornament of tassel - like appearance made ...
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South African Museum. ORNAMENTS Head ornaments At the Incwala the king wore a lion - skin headband ( lidlabe ) ( Kuper 1947 : 217-218 ; 1973 : 354 ) , and the royal women wore baboon - skin head - dresses ( Mar- wick 1940 : 194 ) . Neck ...
South African Museum. ORNAMENTS Head ornaments At the Incwala the king wore a lion - skin headband ( lidlabe ) ( Kuper 1947 : 217-218 ; 1973 : 354 ) , and the royal women wore baboon - skin head - dresses ( Mar- wick 1940 : 194 ) . Neck ...
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... ORNAMENTS Chest ornaments Term : iporeana - special men's ornament of wild - cat skin ( Weiss 1963 : 52 ; Dennilton , 1983 ) . The furry skins of wild - cat ( imphaka , tsipu ) , mongoose ( imvunze , ikoni ) or leopard ( ingwe ) , were ...
... ORNAMENTS Chest ornaments Term : iporeana - special men's ornament of wild - cat skin ( Weiss 1963 : 52 ; Dennilton , 1983 ) . The furry skins of wild - cat ( imphaka , tsipu ) , mongoose ( imvunze , ikoni ) or leopard ( ingwe ) , were ...
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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