. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: SKIN-WORKING TECHNOLOGY 363 A short skirt (Fig. 33) tied at the waist and reaching the knee was the usual dress of women (Isaacs [1836] 1970: 303; Gardiner 1836: 100; Shooter 1857: 6; Webb & Wright 1976: 38). Long skirts with two wide trains nearly a metre long reaching on to the ground (Fig. 34) were worn by women of rank for ceremonies and dances (Fynn [1824-61] {950: 274; Isaacs [1836] 1970: 303, pi. facing p. 192; Shooter 1857: 9). They were sometimes decorated at the waist
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: SKIN-WORKING TECHNOLOGY 363 A short skirt (Fig. 33) tied at the waist and reaching the knee was the usual dress of women (Isaacs [1836] 1970: 303; Gardiner 1836: 100; Shooter 1857: 6; Webb & Wright 1976: 38). Long skirts with two wide trains nearly a metre long reaching on to the ground (Fig. 34) were worn by women of rank for ceremonies and dances (Fynn [1824-61] {950: 274; Isaacs [1836] 1970: 303, pi. facing p. 192; Shooter 1857: 9). They were sometimes decorated at the waist with brass beads (Gardiner 1836: 63).. Fig. 34. Woman wearing long skirt with train. (Isaacs 1836.) The ingubo, usually a cloak (see p. 356), could be worn as a skirt, tied at the waist with the excess hide rolled up. The length indicated the status of the wearer (Delegorgue 1847: 226). In the latter part of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the use of the longer trained skirt was not recorded. Bryant (1949: 152) suggested that it became obsolete during Mpande's reign (1839-72). Knee-length skin skirts, sometimes flared by the addition of shaped panels, were still worn (Fig. 35). How- ever the skirt, isidwaba, currently considered 'traditional', with many inserted skin panels giving a pleated effect (Fig. 36), was not documented in the literature of this 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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