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Page 342
... skirt , red ochre mixed with fat was rubbed into the hide . The skirt was worn wrapped around the body and was tied at the waist with a girdle . The skirt generally reached the ankles ( Fig . 20 ) and if the hair was left on the skin it ...
... skirt , red ochre mixed with fat was rubbed into the hide . The skirt was worn wrapped around the body and was tied at the waist with a girdle . The skirt generally reached the ankles ( Fig . 20 ) and if the hair was left on the skin it ...
Page 363
... skirts , sometimes flared by the addition of shaped panels , were still worn ( Fig . 35 ) . How- ever the skirt , isidwaba , currently considered ' traditional ' , with many inserted skin panels giving a pleated effect ( Fig . 36 ) ...
... skirts , sometimes flared by the addition of shaped panels , were still worn ( Fig . 35 ) . How- ever the skirt , isidwaba , currently considered ' traditional ' , with many inserted skin panels giving a pleated effect ( Fig . 36 ) ...
Page 365
... skirt was put on when a girl was betrothed ( Plant 1905 : 39 ; Samuel- son , 1929 : 358 ; Bryant 1949 : 541 ) , or ... skirt was also reversed at the death of a husband ( Berglund 1976 : 369-370 ) . When a women died a small piece of her ...
... skirt was put on when a girl was betrothed ( Plant 1905 : 39 ; Samuel- son , 1929 : 358 ; Bryant 1949 : 541 ) , or ... skirt was also reversed at the death of a husband ( Berglund 1976 : 369-370 ) . When a women died a small piece of her ...
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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