Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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Page 322
... scraping and thinning process was arduous - cleaning a large skin constituted a full day's work for two men ( McLaren ... scraped skin was usually handed over to the women for braying and currying . At least five or six women would co ...
... scraping and thinning process was arduous - cleaning a large skin constituted a full day's work for two men ( McLaren ... scraped skin was usually handed over to the women for braying and currying . At least five or six women would co ...
Page 325
... scraping it clean were always carried out by men . Thereafter either men or women took the skin through the time - consuming ... scraped clean , and they also did the cutting and sewing of garments . Among the Mpondo , men were primarily ...
... scraping it clean were always carried out by men . Thereafter either men or women took the skin through the time - consuming ... scraped clean , and they also did the cutting and sewing of garments . Among the Mpondo , men were primarily ...
Page 351
... scraping ( -phala ) with a metal axe- or adze - blade ( izembe , imbaza ) or rough stone , but all kept the skin ... scraped back and forth with thorny aloe ( umhlaba ) leaves or with a special spiked tool ( indlwandlwa or isihlabe ) ...
... scraping ( -phala ) with a metal axe- or adze - blade ( izembe , imbaza ) or rough stone , but all kept the skin ... scraped back and forth with thorny aloe ( umhlaba ) leaves or with a special spiked tool ( indlwandlwa or isihlabe ) ...
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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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