Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... Sheepskin cloaks , with the wool inwards , were worn by herd - boys ( Fig . 9 ) and by initiates living in seclusion in the cold winter months . Among the Xhosa in the Tshabo area , initiates ' cloaks were made by specialists , two of ...
... Sheepskin cloaks , with the wool inwards , were worn by herd - boys ( Fig . 9 ) and by initiates living in seclusion in the cold winter months . Among the Xhosa in the Tshabo area , initiates ' cloaks were made by specialists , two of ...
Page 352
... Sheepskin was gen- erally used with the wool retained . Further softening treatment involved various substances such as sour milk or beer dregs , or the crushed kernels of umtunduluku ( Ximenia caffra ) or inhlakuva ( Ricinus communis ) ...
... Sheepskin was gen- erally used with the wool retained . Further softening treatment involved various substances such as sour milk or beer dregs , or the crushed kernels of umtunduluku ( Ximenia caffra ) or inhlakuva ( Ricinus communis ) ...
Page 356
... sheepskin ( Schlosser 1972 : 194 ) . During the winter , herdboys wore cloaks of sheepskin with the wool turned inwards ( Aitchison 1917 : 13 ) . Cloaks of wild - cat skin were worn by soldiers of rank ( Arbousset & Daumas 1842 : 146 ...
... sheepskin ( Schlosser 1972 : 194 ) . During the winter , herdboys wore cloaks of sheepskin with the wool turned inwards ( Aitchison 1917 : 13 ) . Cloaks of wild - cat skin were worn by soldiers of rank ( Arbousset & Daumas 1842 : 146 ...
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