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... Whisks ... Natal Nguni : skin - dressing Natal Nguni : uses of skins and hides .. Clothing and ornament Aprons Baby - slings Breast - coverings Cloaks .. Head - dresses .. Loin - coverings Penis - sheaths Sandals ...... Skirts ...
... Whisks ... Natal Nguni : skin - dressing Natal Nguni : uses of skins and hides .. Clothing and ornament Aprons Baby - slings Breast - coverings Cloaks .. Head - dresses .. Loin - coverings Penis - sheaths Sandals ...... Skirts ...
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... whisks are among the accessories used by diviners to evoke the spirit world . The staff of the whisk is often decorated with beads . NATAL NGUNI : SKIN - DRESSING The processes involved in the preparation of hides and skins from large ...
... whisks are among the accessories used by diviners to evoke the spirit world . The staff of the whisk is often decorated with beads . NATAL NGUNI : SKIN - DRESSING The processes involved in the preparation of hides and skins from large ...
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South African Museum. BAGS WHISKS CONTAINERS Term : inhlanti - bag ( Nebo , 1972 ) . A bag for a diviner's bones was ... whisk ( Weiss 1963 : 74 ) . A whisk made of black or white cow tail , was carried by diviners ( Weiss 1963 : 54 , 55 ) ...
South African Museum. BAGS WHISKS CONTAINERS Term : inhlanti - bag ( Nebo , 1972 ) . A bag for a diviner's bones was ... whisk ( Weiss 1963 : 74 ) . A whisk made of black or white cow tail , was carried by diviners ( Weiss 1963 : 54 , 55 ) ...
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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 HIDES CLOTHING 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 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