. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . haca. A sheath for the penis. Worn by circumcised men. Mount Frere, 1948(Fig. 43). Techniques Fabric: plain close twine. Beginning: not known. Method of work: not known. Shaping: flanging for first few centimetres then narrowing slightly to edge. Shape: tubular. Edge: warps bent straight back over plain row of material under two rows of weft. Finishing: ends of warps cut off closely. Decoration: three horizontal bands, same material, different colour. Ornamentation: none. 4. ibhanti womdlezana: Thembu; isingqombo: Q
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . haca. A sheath for the penis. Worn by circumcised men. Mount Frere, 1948(Fig. 43). Techniques Fabric: plain close twine. Beginning: not known. Method of work: not known. Shaping: flanging for first few centimetres then narrowing slightly to edge. Shape: tubular. Edge: warps bent straight back over plain row of material under two rows of weft. Finishing: ends of warps cut off closely. Decoration: three horizontal bands, same material, different colour. Ornamentation: none. 4. ibhanti womdlezana: Thembu; isingqombo: Qwati (Thembu). A belt to support awomans stomach after confinement. It is said also to be worn as an ornament in front bywomen and behind by children. Techniques Fabric: straight sewn at wide intervals(Fig. 1W). Beginning: bent foundation (Fig. 1GG). Method of work: not known. Shaping: placing of foundation coil(Fig. 2D). Shape: long oval. Edge: none. Finishing: bound at the ends. Decoration: none; use of coloured woolfor sewing; beads. Ornamentation: none. Tools Not Materials Foundation: grass. Sewing: three-ply fibre cord; wool. Figure 43 incitsho, penis-sheath, Mpondo, Lusikisiki, 1948. Length 49 mm. Photo N. J. van Warmelo. 56 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Records Early: Nil. Recent: Louw 1964: 11, Mpondo, Port St Johns. Shaw & Van Warmelo 1988: 544,general. Field survey: 1969: Qwati (Thembu), Qebe Valley, SAM-9597. ORNAMENTS 1. inquma: a headband of a Xhosa headman. It was made of monkey-hair warps twinedinto a flat band with sinew thread wefts (Shaw & Van Warmelo 1988: 658, pi. 97 (fig. 3).It has also been recorded among the Thembu, NCHM ET 35/347 (Fig. 44). Techniques Fabric: two or three rows of close twine to form a narrow band. Edge: none. Finishing: ends joined to form a circlet. Materials Warps: fine monkey : sinew. Records Early: Nil. Recent: NCHM ET 35/347, 1935; Shaw & Van Warmelo 1988: 658, pi. 97 (fig. 3),Xhosa. Field survey: Nil. 2. In t
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