Annals of the South African Museum

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The Museum, 1989 - Natural history

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Page 355
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 ...
Page 357
... covering when made of genet skin or other materials stripped or slit down but not twisted ; udlavini — long front skin covering ; igqibo - man's loin covering made of long pieces of twisted skin , hanging in tails ; uhayo - loin girdle ...
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... COVERINGS Terms : ibeshu - back part of loin - covering ; amajobo - fringes forming frontal loin - covering ( Weiss 1963 : 61 ) ; matsetsha - front and back loin - covering ( Weiss 1963 : 60 ) ; isivunule— pull - through loin - skin ...

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Common terms and phrases

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

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TitleAnnals of the South African Museum
Annals of the South African Museum, South African Museum
AuthorSouth African Museum
PublisherThe Museum, 1989
Original fromthe University of California
Digitized21 Jul 2016
ISBN0868131024, 9780868131023
  
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