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 140
... plaited and knotted ( 106c ) , but this is more common in woven work . Taken back diagonally A rare , and perhaps not important , decorative finish to an oversewn edge is used by the Kalahadi in the Molepolole area . Each strand of the ...
... plaited and knotted ( 106c ) , but this is more common in woven work . Taken back diagonally A rare , and perhaps not important , decorative finish to an oversewn edge is used by the Kalahadi in the Molepolole area . Each strand of the ...
Page 152
... Plaited work In straight plaited work there is no opportunity for further decoration beyond that of the type of plait itself . In open extended plaited work , which is more or less confined to Lesotho , a more decorative effect may be ...
... Plaited work In straight plaited work there is no opportunity for further decoration beyond that of the type of plait itself . In open extended plaited work , which is more or less confined to Lesotho , a more decorative effect may be ...
Page 184
... plaited as a sewing strand for coiled work . Stronger grass is plaited to make ropes . Grass stems need little or no preparation . They are sometimes used green , particularly for ornaments or hats , and sometimes dried first and ...
... plaited as a sewing strand for coiled work . Stronger grass is plaited to make ropes . Grass stems need little or no preparation . They are sometimes used green , particularly for ornaments or hats , and sometimes dried first and ...
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