Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... APRONS Terms : inciyo - a woman's modesty apron , made of skin and ornamented with beads ; icacawe ― a woman's modesty apron , made of the small ends of umkwinti ( Kropf 1915 ) . Throughout the Southern Nguni area , small skin aprons ...
... APRONS Terms : inciyo - a woman's modesty apron , made of skin and ornamented with beads ; icacawe ― a woman's modesty apron , made of the small ends of umkwinti ( Kropf 1915 ) . Throughout the Southern Nguni area , small skin aprons ...
Page 354
... apron worn by girls was an indication of their unmarried status . The apron could be made from cut - off pieces of hide from larger garments , and consisted of a simple flap of soft skin , or of fringes of skin , vegetable fibre or ...
... apron worn by girls was an indication of their unmarried status . The apron could be made from cut - off pieces of hide from larger garments , and consisted of a simple flap of soft skin , or of fringes of skin , vegetable fibre or ...
Page 386
... APRONS Terms : igabe - fringed apron worn by very young girls ; isiphephetu - stiff front - apron worn by girls ; itshogolo - married woman's apron ; amaphotho - married woman's fringed apron ; isithimba — woman's back - apron ...
... APRONS Terms : igabe - fringed apron worn by very young girls ; isiphephetu - stiff front - apron worn by girls ; itshogolo - married woman's apron ; amaphotho - married woman's fringed apron ; isithimba — woman's back - apron ...
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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 dressed skin 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 Mpondo 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