Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... piece of wood was placed inside the head - dress to give it the correct shape and then it was buried . After being ... pieces of polished copper and iron were used together with relatively few glass beads sewn along the seams but , by ...
... piece of wood was placed inside the head - dress to give it the correct shape and then it was buried . After being ... pieces of polished copper and iron were used together with relatively few glass beads sewn along the seams but , by ...
Page 343
... pieces of goatskin wrapped around the body so that the back skirt overlapped the front . The skirt was supported at the ... piece of skin used as a legging ; ingcaca — cowrie shells used as an ornamental band on the foreheads of men ...
... pieces of goatskin wrapped around the body so that the back skirt overlapped the front . The skirt was supported at the ... piece of skin used as a legging ; ingcaca — cowrie shells used as an ornamental band on the foreheads of men ...
Page 347
... piece of skin from the neck end of the animal and stitching it along the edges of the three open sides , allowing the neck to form the opening of the sack , which was fitted with a wooden stopper . Within the homestead , milk - sacks ...
... piece of skin from the neck end of the animal and stitching it along the edges of the three open sides , allowing the neck to form the opening of the sack , which was fitted with a wooden stopper . Within the homestead , milk - sacks ...
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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