Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1989 - Natural history |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 6
Page 342
... wrapped around the body and was tied at the waist with a girdle . The skirt generally reached the ankles ( Fig . 20 ) and if the hair was left on the skin it was worn inwards . @ It was customary for a man to provide his wife. Fig . 20 ...
... wrapped around the body and was tied at the waist with a girdle . The skirt generally reached the ankles ( Fig . 20 ) and if the hair was left on the skin it was worn inwards . @ It was customary for a man to provide his wife. Fig . 20 ...
Page 343
... wrapped around the body so that the back skirt overlapped the front . The skirt was supported at the waist by a girdle . A special ' skirt ' or kilt , imithika , made of tails or strips of animal skins formed part of the ceremonial ...
... wrapped around the body so that the back skirt overlapped the front . The skirt was supported at the waist by a girdle . A special ' skirt ' or kilt , imithika , made of tails or strips of animal skins formed part of the ceremonial ...
Page 356
... wrapped in their skin cloaks , or later in blankets ( Arbousset & Daumas 1842 : 138 ; Bryant 1949 : 700 ) . Drakensberg area A Ngwane skin - worker practising in the Bergville area in 1969 made blankets or cloaks of rock - rabbit ...
... wrapped in their skin cloaks , or later in blankets ( Arbousset & Daumas 1842 : 138 ; Bryant 1949 : 700 ) . Drakensberg area A Ngwane skin - worker practising in the Bergville area in 1969 made blankets or cloaks of rock - rabbit ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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