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Later in the nineteenth century , skin skirts styled on the line of European fashion came into use , especially among ... shaped side panels to a straight - seamed central panel as in a Gcaleka skirt ( EL 4794 , Qora River , 1967 ) .
Later in the nineteenth century , skin skirts styled on the line of European fashion came into use , especially among ... shaped side panels to a straight - seamed central panel as in a Gcaleka skirt ( EL 4794 , Qora River , 1967 ) .
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It was customary for a man to provide his wife with a skin skirt soon after the occasion of their marriage and thereafter an isikhaka became her habitual dress . By the mid - twentieth century , skin skirts were worn primarily on ...
It was customary for a man to provide his wife with a skin skirt soon after the occasion of their marriage and thereafter an isikhaka became her habitual dress . By the mid - twentieth century , skin skirts were worn primarily on ...
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Half an ox- or cowhide usually provided the material for a skirt ( Grout 1862 : 105 ; Bryant 1949 : 152 ) , but goatskin was also used ( Tugela Ferry , 1969 ) . The hides of adult male animals produced the longest pile ( Vaughan - Kirby ...
Half an ox- or cowhide usually provided the material for a skirt ( Grout 1862 : 105 ; Bryant 1949 : 152 ) , but goatskin was also used ( Tugela Ferry , 1969 ) . The hides of adult male animals produced the longest pile ( Vaughan - Kirby ...
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| Title | Annals of the South African Museum, Volume 70, Issue 4 Annals of the South African Museum, South African Museum |
| Author | South African Museum |
| Publisher | South African Museum, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Jul 2016 |
| ISBN | 0868131024, 9780868131023 |
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