. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . cannot have too manyof them, and it is his delight and pride tokeep them burnished to the highest amountof polish which brass will take. I havevarious specimens of dress or ornamentformerly belonging to Kaffirs of both sexes,and, in almost every instance where the ar-ticle has been very carefully made, at leastone brass button is attached to it. As long as the Kaffir stands or sits, theisinene han
. The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world : being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics . cannot have too manyof them, and it is his delight and pride tokeep them burnished to the highest amountof polish which brass will take. I havevarious specimens of dress or ornamentformerly belonging to Kaffirs of both sexes,and, in almost every instance where the ar-ticle has been very carefully made, at leastone brass button is attached to it. As long as the Kaffir stands or sits, theisinene hangs rather gracefully, and re-minds the spectator of the sporran or skinpouch, which forms part of the Highlanderstlress. But when he runs, especially whenhe is rushing at full speed, the tails flyabout in all directions, and have a mostludicrous effect, almost as if a bundle ofliving eels or snakes had been tied roundthe mans waist. If a Kaffir should be toolazy to take the trouble of making so elabo-rate a set of tails, he merely culs his isi-nene out of a piece of skin. An example ofthis kind of apron is seen in the illustration, Dolls, 33d paro, which represents a pair o s 2! ?^ •^ a X. GOZA, THE ZULU CHIEF. 65 of figures, a Kaffir and his wife, made l)y thenatives out of leather. Here tlie male fig-ure, on the right, is shown as wearing theisiuene, and having besides a short kaross,or cloak, over his shoulders. These figuresare in my own collection, and will be moreparticularly described when we come to thedress of Kaffir females. Most of the men wear a similar duplicateof this apron, which falls behind, and cor-responds with the isinene; this second apronis called the umucha, and is mostly madeof one piece of skin. Its use is not, how-ever, universal, and indeed, when in hisown kraal or village, the Kaffir does nottrouble himself about either isiuene orumucha, and considers himself quite suffi-ciently clothed with a necklace and a suuftbox. An illustration on page 117, g
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