Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... BREAST - COVERINGS Terms : imbeka — the small square of light skin that covers a woman's breast when at work or at home ; incebetha ― attire of beads used by women as a breast - covering ; ixhosha — a dressed hide , especially the covering ...
... BREAST - COVERINGS Terms : imbeka — the small square of light skin that covers a woman's breast when at work or at home ; incebetha ― attire of beads used by women as a breast - covering ; ixhosha — a dressed hide , especially the covering ...
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... breast - coverings were worn by Mpondo women . By the 1970s , when fieldwork for this study was being conducted , skins had ceased to be used but those married women who still adhered to traditional dress wore a breast - covering made ...
... breast - coverings were worn by Mpondo women . By the 1970s , when fieldwork for this study was being conducted , skins had ceased to be used but those married women who still adhered to traditional dress wore a breast - covering made ...
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South African Museum. BREAST - COVERINGS Terms : umbodiya - skin covering for the breasts ; ingcayi / isigcayi - leather or other covering worn by women to cover the breasts and abdomen when first married or when pregnant ; isidiya ...
South African Museum. BREAST - COVERINGS Terms : umbodiya - skin covering for the breasts ; ingcayi / isigcayi - leather or other covering worn by women to cover the breasts and abdomen when first married or when pregnant ; isidiya ...
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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