Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... women took the skin through the time - consuming processes of braying , currying , raising a nap ( especially for skins intended for women's clothing ) , and working fat into the skin . Among the Xhosa it was customary practice for ...
... women took the skin through the time - consuming processes of braying , currying , raising a nap ( especially for skins intended for women's clothing ) , and working fat into the skin . Among the Xhosa it was customary practice for ...
Page 329
... women . By the 1970s , when fieldwork for this study was being con- ducted , skins had ceased to be used but those married women who still adhered to traditional dress wore a breast - covering made from towelling or heavy cotton cloth ...
... women . By the 1970s , when fieldwork for this study was being con- ducted , skins had ceased to be used but those married women who still adhered to traditional dress wore a breast - covering made from towelling or heavy cotton cloth ...
Page 333
... women are said to have fastened belts tightly around the waist to allay hunger ( King 1853 : 197 ) . HEAD - DRESSES Terms : umnqwazi - a covering for the head of women ; being a high cap made of skin trimmed with beads ; unkontsho - a ...
... women are said to have fastened belts tightly around the waist to allay hunger ( King 1853 : 197 ) . HEAD - DRESSES Terms : umnqwazi - a covering for the head of women ; being a high cap made of skin trimmed with beads ; unkontsho - a ...
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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