Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... hair The above process produced supple skins free of hair . How the process differed when the hair was retained , is not clear from historical accounts . Adams ( 1839 : 131 ) mentioned that when dressing ' tiger or other skins ' they ...
... hair The above process produced supple skins free of hair . How the process differed when the hair was retained , is not clear from historical accounts . Adams ( 1839 : 131 ) mentioned that when dressing ' tiger or other skins ' they ...
Page 344
... hair on the inside , was widely used by men for carrying pipes , tobacco and other personal possessions . As there was a tendency for articles to get lost in the ' legs ' of the bag , a pouch for small items was often kept inside the ...
... hair on the inside , was widely used by men for carrying pipes , tobacco and other personal possessions . As there was a tendency for articles to get lost in the ' legs ' of the bag , a pouch for small items was often kept inside the ...
Page 352
... hair was scraped off with an adze . A later method recorded was to apply salt and pluck out the hair by hand ( Bergville , 1969 ) . Sheepskin was generally used with the wool retained . Further softening treatment involved various ...
... hair was scraped off with an adze . A later method recorded was to apply salt and pluck out the hair by hand ( Bergville , 1969 ) . Sheepskin was generally used with the wool retained . Further softening treatment involved various ...
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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
Bibliographic information
| Title | Annals of the South African Museum Annals of the South African Museum, South African Museum |
| Author | South African Museum |
| Publisher | The Museum, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2016 |
| ISBN | 0868131024, 9780868131023 |
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