Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
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... woman's modesty apron , made of skin and ornamented with beads ; icacawe — a woman's modesty apron , made of the small ends of umkwinti ( Kropf 1915 ) . Throughout the Southern Nguni area , small skin aprons were essential items of ...
... woman's modesty apron , made of skin and ornamented with beads ; icacawe — a woman's modesty apron , made of the small ends of umkwinti ( Kropf 1915 ) . Throughout the Southern Nguni area , small skin aprons were essential items of ...
Page 327
... woman's back isibeleko — a womb ( Kropf 1915 ) . The skin of a goat , slaughtered as a ritual offering to the ancestors on the birth of a baby , was used to make an imbeleko sling ( Fig . 6 ) for carrying the child on the mother's back ...
... woman's back isibeleko — a womb ( Kropf 1915 ) . The skin of a goat , slaughtered as a ritual offering to the ancestors on the birth of a baby , was used to make an imbeleko sling ( Fig . 6 ) for carrying the child on the mother's back ...
Page 386
... woman's apron ; amaphotho - married woman's fringed apron ; isithimba - woman's back - apron ( Groblersdal , 1972 ; Dennilton , 1983 ) . Front and back - aprons in various shapes were worn by Ndebele girls and women at particular stages ...
... woman's apron ; amaphotho - married woman's fringed apron ; isithimba - woman's back - apron ( Groblersdal , 1972 ; Dennilton , 1983 ) . Front and back - aprons in various shapes were worn by Ndebele girls and women at particular stages ...
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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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