Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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Page 329
... usually just wide enough to close in front and on many occasions were worn open , hanging loosely to the back from the shoulders or over one shoulder . The fur side of the cloak was folded back at the neck to form a rolled collar ...
... usually just wide enough to close in front and on many occasions were worn open , hanging loosely to the back from the shoulders or over one shoulder . The fur side of the cloak was folded back at the neck to form a rolled collar ...
Page 344
... usually revealed to the diviner in a dream and was thereafter associated with the calling of the spirits . In general , armbands or anklets made from the skin of animals sacrificed to the ancestors were worn as amulets for curing ...
... usually revealed to the diviner in a dream and was thereafter associated with the calling of the spirits . In general , armbands or anklets made from the skin of animals sacrificed to the ancestors were worn as amulets for curing ...
Page 397
... usually made by specialists . In the Northern Nguni area there is evidence of particular specialization in the manufacture of cloaks for chiefs and of shields for the Zulu royal regiments . The rise of the Zulu kingdom created both an ...
... usually made by specialists . In the Northern Nguni area there is evidence of particular specialization in the manufacture of cloaks for chiefs and of shields for the Zulu royal regiments . The rise of the Zulu kingdom created both an ...
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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