Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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South African Museum. Later in the nineteenth century , skin skirts styled on the line of European fashion came into use , especially among Xhosa and Thembu women . These were cut and sewn to a semicircular flare ( Fig . 19A - C ) ...
South African Museum. Later in the nineteenth century , skin skirts styled on the line of European fashion came into use , especially among Xhosa and Thembu women . These were cut and sewn to a semicircular flare ( Fig . 19A - C ) ...
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... skin skirt soon after the occasion of their marriage and thereafter an isikhaka became her habitual dress . By the mid - twentieth century , skin skirts were worn primarily on ceremonial occasions , having been replaced for everyday use ...
... skin skirt soon after the occasion of their marriage and thereafter an isikhaka became her habitual dress . By the mid - twentieth century , skin skirts were worn primarily on ceremonial occasions , having been replaced for everyday use ...
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... skirt was not recorded . Bryant ( 1949 : 152 ) suggested that it became obsolete during Mpande's reign ( 1839-72 ) . Knee - length skin skirts , sometimes flared by the addition of shaped panels , were still worn ( Fig . 35 ) . How ...
... skirt was not recorded . Bryant ( 1949 : 152 ) suggested that it became obsolete during Mpande's reign ( 1839-72 ) . Knee - length skin skirts , sometimes flared by the addition of shaped panels , were still worn ( Fig . 35 ) . How ...
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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