. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 184 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM introduced by the mission became popular and has remained so among older women. Plain black morina was also an early trade cloth and it is still worn by conservative Lobedu women. In the 1970s morina and salempore wraps, dugu yanogeni and dugu yahopaketa, worn around the waist and across the shoulders (Figs 116-117) were often braided with coloured cloth at the edges and worn with a cloak, seyi, of coloured cotton. Local tailors took orders for machine braiding
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. 184 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM introduced by the mission became popular and has remained so among older women. Plain black morina was also an early trade cloth and it is still worn by conservative Lobedu women. In the 1970s morina and salempore wraps, dugu yanogeni and dugu yahopaketa, worn around the waist and across the shoulders (Figs 116-117) were often braided with coloured cloth at the edges and worn with a cloak, seyi, of coloured cotton. Local tailors took orders for machine braiding (Fig. 118). There was a wide range of cotton cloth available in the local stores but salempore and morina were still in demand by women who had not adopted modern Fig. 117. Young giri with partly shaved head wearing salempore cloth, and child wearing bead necklet, grass armbands and metal anklets. Photo: E. J. Krige, 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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