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 184
... STEMS Grass : family Gramineae - various genera True grass stems are comparatively seldom used for either element in woven work ; there are few objects for which the majority of grasses would be strong enough . However , grass stems ...
... STEMS Grass : family Gramineae - various genera True grass stems are comparatively seldom used for either element in woven work ; there are few objects for which the majority of grasses would be strong enough . However , grass stems ...
Page 187
... stems of the inflorescence are emi- nently suited to many types of work . Many species of both families are used . So important are they that they form an item of trade to areas where they do not naturally grow . For this purpose they ...
... stems of the inflorescence are emi- nently suited to many types of work . Many species of both families are used . So important are they that they form an item of trade to areas where they do not naturally grow . For this purpose they ...
Page 191
... stems are used as wefts over rigid warps for meat trays and hut doors by Mpondo and Zulu . The creeper stems are generally stripped , dried and soaked in water for use , but in some cases , for example the meat trays , they are used ...
... stems are used as wefts over rigid warps for meat trays and hut doors by Mpondo and Zulu . The creeper stems are generally stripped , dried and soaked in water for use , but in some cases , for example the meat trays , they are used ...
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