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 56
... chequer stitch may also be used at wide intervals in mat - making . This is called open chequer ( 1c , Fig . 1C ) . Chequer weave has a great variety of uses but , although widespread in southern Africa , is less commonly used than some ...
... chequer stitch may also be used at wide intervals in mat - making . This is called open chequer ( 1c , Fig . 1C ) . Chequer weave has a great variety of uses but , although widespread in southern Africa , is less commonly used than some ...
Page 89
... Chequer weave ( a ) The warps are bound tightly in position at the base of a cylinder and the binding string continues as the weft to weave in and out ( 23 ) . This is the begin- ning of a chequer covering to a stick . It is also the ...
... Chequer weave ( a ) The warps are bound tightly in position at the base of a cylinder and the binding string continues as the weft to weave in and out ( 23 ) . This is the begin- ning of a chequer covering to a stick . It is also the ...
Page 147
... chequer Chequer weave does not lend itself easily to decoration in the weave unless colour is used . The following methods of introducing decorative bands or pat- terns , often in relief or diaper , have , however , been recorded : by ...
... chequer Chequer weave does not lend itself easily to decoration in the weave unless colour is used . The following methods of introducing decorative bands or pat- terns , often in relief or diaper , have , however , been recorded : by ...
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