Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse MuseumWest, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 1992 - Natural history |
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Page 147
... bands of a different twill from the body of the work are used on palm - leaf pouches . In one isolated example from Natal , a dec- orative band was made by a change of weave , i.e. by a few rows of twining over crossed twill elements ...
... bands of a different twill from the body of the work are used on palm - leaf pouches . In one isolated example from Natal , a dec- orative band was made by a change of weave , i.e. by a few rows of twining over crossed twill elements ...
Page 149
... bands of plain and split - warp twining are used for decorative effect , or bands ( 125c , Fig . 80A ) or geometric patterns ( 125d ) of split - warp are used on the plain twine . Another decorative effect , frequently seen on food ...
... bands of plain and split - warp twining are used for decorative effect , or bands ( 125c , Fig . 80A ) or geometric patterns ( 125d ) of split - warp are used on the plain twine . Another decorative effect , frequently seen on food ...
Page 157
... bands may be made in this way ( 145c ) . If both of the pair of wefts or each of three wefts are coloured , and several rows worked , a solid band is made ( 145d , 145e ) . In the Transkei ox- or horse- tail hair or a dark brown sedge ...
... bands may be made in this way ( 145c ) . If both of the pair of wefts or each of three wefts are coloured , and several rows worked , a solid band is made ( 145d , 145e ) . In the Transkei ox- or horse- tail hair or a dark brown sedge ...
Contents
PART | 54 |
Conclusion | 208 |
Summary and index of basketwork techniques | 214 |
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Acacia Ambo bands bark basketwork beads beer-strainers boiled with material Botswana chequer weave close coil foundation coiled baskets coiled sewn comm cord crossing current name cylindrical Cyperus decorative diagonal twill different colour Duiwelskloof extended plait fabric finished flat food-mats foundation strands grain-bins grass Group Place Author half-hitched hitched hoops Huruthse knotted Kwanyama last warp lattice twine lattice wrapped Lesotho Lobedu loop Mahlabatini mats Mpondo multiple foundation multiple warp Ndau Ndebele Nguni ornamental Oshikango Ovambo oversewing oversewing edge palm-leaf patterns plain twine plaited recorded reinforced Rodin round row of twining row of weft selvedge sewing strand shape simple oversewing sleeping-mats sometimes Sotho South Sotho southern Africa Species Use Group split split-warp spoon-bags straight sewn strips technique thin threaded Transkei Tsonga Tswana twilled twine twined weave twisted Venda warp and weft warp edge warps weft wefts or sewing wickerwork winnowing baskets woven Zimbabwe Zulu Zulu Natal