1) Cultural study 
A kaross is a cloak made of sheepskin, or the hide of other animals, with the hair left on. It is properly confined to the coat of skin without sleeves and used to be worn by the Khoikhoi and Bushmen / San peoples of South Africa. These karosses became replaced by a blanket. Their chiefs wore karosses of the skin of the wild cat, leopard or caraca...
• (n.) A native garment or rug of skin sewed together in the form of a square.
Ka·ross' noun [ Native name.] A native garment or rug of skin sewed together in the form of a square. [ South Africa] « The wants of a native . . . are confined to a kaross (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth.» James Bryce. 
a cloak or rug of animal skins used in southern Africa.