Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... sewing of certain special garments , such as the leopard - skin cloak worn only by chiefs , was done by appointed craftsmen . When cut to the appropriate shape the skin was returned to the owner for sewing . The thread used was made ...
... sewing of certain special garments , such as the leopard - skin cloak worn only by chiefs , was done by appointed craftsmen . When cut to the appropriate shape the skin was returned to the owner for sewing . The thread used was made ...
Page 353
... Sewing was done with twined sinew ( usinga ) or fig - tree bark fibre ( uzu ) ( Mayr 1907 : 634 ) . A twine was made ... sewing articles of domestic clothing ( Isaacs [ 1836 ] 1970 : 308 ) . Recently they have specialized in sewing ...
... Sewing was done with twined sinew ( usinga ) or fig - tree bark fibre ( uzu ) ( Mayr 1907 : 634 ) . A twine was made ... sewing articles of domestic clothing ( Isaacs [ 1836 ] 1970 : 308 ) . Recently they have specialized in sewing ...
Page 384
... sewing For cutting , the dressed skin was again pegged out ( Nebo , 1972 ) and the pattern was marked ( Dennilton , 1983 ) . For stitching dressed skins , twined thread was made by rubbing together ( -photela ) lengths of sinew taken ...
... sewing For cutting , the dressed skin was again pegged out ( Nebo , 1972 ) and the pattern was marked ( Dennilton , 1983 ) . For stitching dressed skins , twined thread was made by rubbing together ( -photela ) lengths of sinew taken ...
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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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