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 198
... thin withies ( or stems of creepers ) used whole or split in half , timber cut as required , and thin root stems used whole or cut in half . Withies These are stripped , dried and soaked . Thin stems may be used as foundation rods for ...
... thin withies ( or stems of creepers ) used whole or split in half , timber cut as required , and thin root stems used whole or cut in half . Withies These are stripped , dried and soaked . Thin stems may be used as foundation rods for ...
Page 199
... thin slivers of wood about 6-10 mm wide and 2 mm thick and used for both warp and weft in check or twilled woven work - mostly twilled . It is particularly com- monly used for shallow winnowing trays in the central area and the rather ...
... thin slivers of wood about 6-10 mm wide and 2 mm thick and used for both warp and weft in check or twilled woven work - mostly twilled . It is particularly com- monly used for shallow winnowing trays in the central area and the rather ...
Page 213
... thin simple flexible element . A thin twisted line or cord of two- or more ply ; used for fastening anything . A long narrow piece ; to pull or tear off . A line or long narrow division of anything of different colour or texture from ...
... thin simple flexible element . A thin twisted line or cord of two- or more ply ; used for fastening anything . A long narrow piece ; to pull or tear off . A line or long narrow division of anything of different colour or texture from ...
Contents
PART | 54 |
Conclusion | 208 |
Summary and index of basketwork techniques | 214 |
Copyright | |
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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