Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... ritual closing of ... occasions , such as the installation of a chief , by the imbongi ( Fig . 10 ) , who recited praises in the chief's honour . A small cape , isidabane , made of a complete antelope skin was worn by Xhosa men for ceremonial ...
... ritual closing of ... occasions , such as the installation of a chief , by the imbongi ( Fig . 10 ) , who recited praises in the chief's honour . A small cape , isidabane , made of a complete antelope skin was worn by Xhosa men for ceremonial ...
Page 343
... occasion of their marriage and thereafter an isikhaka became her habitual dress . By the mid - twentieth century , skin skirts were worn primarily on ceremonial occasions , having been replaced for everyday use by cotton skirts of ...
... occasion of their marriage and thereafter an isikhaka became her habitual dress . By the mid - twentieth century , skin skirts were worn primarily on ceremonial occasions , having been replaced for everyday use by cotton skirts of ...
Page 388
... ceremonial occasions ( Immelman 1986 pers . comm . ) . The more commonly worn married woman's apron , amaphotho , was also of goatskin and similar in shape to the itshogolo , except that a beaded fringe replaced the central lappets . It ...
... ceremonial occasions ( Immelman 1986 pers . comm . ) . The more commonly worn married woman's apron , amaphotho , was also of goatskin and similar in shape to the itshogolo , except that a beaded fringe replaced the central lappets . It ...
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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