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... skin - working was interspersed with other domestic activities and at certain stages the skin could be set aside . Craftsmen still practising in the 1970s took between one and two weeks to prepare a cow - hide . Döhne ( 1844 : 41 ) ...
... skin - working was interspersed with other domestic activities and at certain stages the skin could be set aside . Craftsmen still practising in the 1970s took between one and two weeks to prepare a cow - hide . Döhne ( 1844 : 41 ) ...
Page 377
... by Myburgh ( 1956 : 147 ) . At the burial of the king , male mourners covered their shoulders with lion skins ( Kuper 1947 : 87 ) . LOIN - COVERINGS Terms : lidjoba - loin - skin SOME NGUNI CRAFTS : SKIN - WORKING TECHNOLOGY 377.
... by Myburgh ( 1956 : 147 ) . At the burial of the king , male mourners covered their shoulders with lion skins ( Kuper 1947 : 87 ) . LOIN - COVERINGS Terms : lidjoba - loin - skin SOME NGUNI CRAFTS : SKIN - WORKING TECHNOLOGY 377.
Page 397
... work will provide the basis for further study . During the pre - colonial period skin - working was an essential part of material culture throughout the Nguni area . Skin - working provided dressed skins for both everyday clothing and ...
... work will provide the basis for further study . During the pre - colonial period skin - working was an essential part of material culture throughout the Nguni area . Skin - working provided dressed skins for both everyday clothing and ...
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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