. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: SKIN-WORKING TECHNOLOGY 365. Fig. 36. Zulu woman wearing a skin skirt with 'pleated' effect; Mahlabatini, 1971. The wearing of a skin skirt was associated with marriage. Sources vary as to whether the skirt was put on when a girl was betrothed (Plant 1905: 39; Samuel- son, 1929: 358; Bryant 1949: 541), or when the bride appeared in public at the wedding ceremony (Braadvedt 1927: 557; Krige 1950: 135, 141, 148). It indicated married status and was considered a mark of respect, hloni
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. SOME NGUNI CRAFTS: SKIN-WORKING TECHNOLOGY 365. Fig. 36. Zulu woman wearing a skin skirt with 'pleated' effect; Mahlabatini, 1971. The wearing of a skin skirt was associated with marriage. Sources vary as to whether the skirt was put on when a girl was betrothed (Plant 1905: 39; Samuel- son, 1929: 358; Bryant 1949: 541), or when the bride appeared in public at the wedding ceremony (Braadvedt 1927: 557; Krige 1950: 135, 141, 148). It indicated married status and was considered a mark of respect, hlonipa, for her husband's family (Bryant 1949: 541). It was customary during war for women to turn their skirts inside out so that the nap was on the outside (Webb & Wright 1982: 326; Krige 1950: 277). The skirt was also reversed at the death of a husband (Berglund 1976: 369-370). When a women died a small piece of her skirt was cut and placed in her mouth (Braadvedt 1949: 186). while the skirt and other personal possessions were usually buried with her. During the last decade of the nineteenth century, Cetshwayo's daughters were instructed by Dinizulu to wear European clothing (Webb & Wright 1982: 119). However, the use of the hide isidwaba has continued, encouraged by reviv- alist churches and 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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