Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... CLOAKS Terms : umnweba — a garment of different colours , made of the skins of various kinds of small animals ; ingubo — a garment , kaross , cloak , robe . . . ( Kropf 1915 ) . Cloaks made from the skins of game animals or from the ...
... CLOAKS Terms : umnweba — a garment of different colours , made of the skins of various kinds of small animals ; ingubo — a garment , kaross , cloak , robe . . . ( Kropf 1915 ) . Cloaks made from the skins of game animals or from the ...
Page 331
... cloaks were everyday dress , whereas the tailored , decorated cloaks were more formal . The latter were recorded only in the west of the Southern Nguni area ; they were not recorded among the Mpondo , who were said to wear unadorned ...
... cloaks were everyday dress , whereas the tailored , decorated cloaks were more formal . The latter were recorded only in the west of the Southern Nguni area ; they were not recorded among the Mpondo , who were said to wear unadorned ...
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... Cloaks were worn by men , women and children as protection against the cold , and were used as blankets at night . Women's cloaks , often referred to by early writers as ' kaross ' , had many functions . They could be worn as skirts ...
... Cloaks were worn by men , women and children as protection against the cold , and were used as blankets at night . Women's cloaks , often referred to by early writers as ' kaross ' , had many functions . They could be worn as skirts ...
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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