Related Zulu Terms:  Headressess • isiCoco/iziCoco • iGwalagwala • iNdwa • iNtshe • uPhaphe/oPhaphe • iPhovela/amaPhovela • umQhele/imiQhele • iSakabuli

Related Features • Zulu War Vocabulary • Glossary of Zulu Terms • A Short Note About Zulu Nouns

isiCoco (plural: iziCoco) - Name for married Zulu's headring made from binding a ring of fibre into the hair, coated in a mixture of charcoal and gum, and polished with beeswax. It was a common practice to share part or all of the rest of the head to accentuate the presence of the isicoco - although this varied from one Zulu to the next, and shaving the hair not a required part of a warriors 'costume'.