Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse MuseumWest, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1993 - Natural history |
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... sticks ; the other might form a roof . When the group moved on , the mats could be rolled up with the sticks and carried . This type of shelter is also described by Le Vaillant ( 1803 ) from just north of the Orange River . The mats ...
... sticks ; the other might form a roof . When the group moved on , the mats could be rolled up with the sticks and carried . This type of shelter is also described by Le Vaillant ( 1803 ) from just north of the Orange River . The mats ...
Page 276
... stick tied along each side and by others fastened to them transversally ' . In areas where there were a lot of small ... sticks , so that they could be rolled like a mat . According to Steyn ( 1971 : 284 ) they are made , in the Ghanzi ...
... stick tied along each side and by others fastened to them transversally ' . In areas where there were a lot of small ... sticks , so that they could be rolled like a mat . According to Steyn ( 1971 : 284 ) they are made , in the Ghanzi ...
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... stick grass ' ( this often meant sedge ) and that they resembled the eel - baskets of Europe Fig . 5. Eel - pot , England , c . 1860. Photo : A. Heseltine , Shire Publications Album 92 ; copyright Institute of Agricultural History ...
... stick grass ' ( this often meant sedge ) and that they resembled the eel - baskets of Europe Fig . 5. Eel - pot , England , c . 1860. Photo : A. Heseltine , Shire Publications Album 92 ; copyright Institute of Agricultural History ...
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abbreviated Acacia Alexander 1835 author's name authors Barrow baskets bicuspidata Bleek Bloemhof Bredasdorp Bushmen Cape Town coil Cyperus Dama Decoration described Dornan E. M. SHAW edge Engelbrecht 1927 Fish River fish-trap flexible sieves foundation strands Fransfontein further information Gamtoos River Genadendal Ghanzi Gonaqua grass Griquatown Hahn Hirschberg 1933 Hoernlé holotype Hottentots inner bark Kalahari Khoikhoi Khoisan knotted Korana Kuisib River Kung lattice wrap Lebzelter London Makers Women Materials Foundation multiple foundation Nama Namaland Namaqualand Namibia needle Nharo Okavango open twine Orange River Ornamentation Prieska Recent Records Early rectangular Riebeeck Society Publications Riet River Rijssen Rippen roofing mats Sandfontein Schapera Schultze Scirpus sedge stems sewing strand Shape simple oversewing Smith Society Van Riebeeck South African Museum southern Africa Sparrman Stow before 1880 straight-sewn Fig Techniques Fabric thread traps Travels in South Tsumkwe twine Fig two-ply twisted cord Vaillant Walvis Bay warp weft wicker