. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 362 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM SANDALS Terms: isicathulo—shoe, boot, sandal (originally applied to Native leather sandals, used by warriors when travelling long distances . . ); inyathelo—sandal (Doke & Vilakazi 1964). General Sandals, worn to protect the feet of warriors on the march, were later for- bidden by Shaka because he believed they slowed movement (Delegorgue 1847: 218). The stigma of wearing sandals continued during the Zulu war in the late nineteenth century (Webb & Wright
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 362 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM SANDALS Terms: isicathulo—shoe, boot, sandal (originally applied to Native leather sandals, used by warriors when travelling long distances . . ); inyathelo—sandal (Doke & Vilakazi 1964). General Sandals, worn to protect the feet of warriors on the march, were later for- bidden by Shaka because he believed they slowed movement (Delegorgue 1847: 218). The stigma of wearing sandals continued during the Zulu war in the late nineteenth century (Webb & Wright 1982: 326). Southern Natal Sandals, consisting of a sole of oxhide tied to the foot with three skin straps, were sometimes worn when crossing rough or hot terrain (Mayr 1907: 638). SKIRTS Terms: ingcuku—large skin dress worn about the loins by women in the interior; ingubo— . . covering for the body of any kind . .; isidwaba—short skin petticoat, women's leather kilt worn from waist to knees; isikhakha—married woman's leather petticoat; isikhindi—. . short skirt; umqulu—. . rolled up part of a skin petticoat (Doke & Vilakazi 1964). General The skin skirts worn in the first half of the nineteenth century were of two types and apparently differed according to the status of the wearer and to the Fig. 33. Woman wearing knee-length skirt. (Shooter 1857.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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