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

umQhele (plural: imiQhele) - Zulu warrior's headband. Made from a tube of fur padded out with dried bull-rushes or cow dung. Junior regiments would wear imiqhele made from leopard skin, senior regiments would have otter skin. Would also have amabheqe, ear-flaps made from the pelt of the Samango monkey, and isinene 'tails' hanging from the back.