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
... variety of uses but , although widespread in southern Africa , is less commonly used than some other weaves . Twilled Each element passes over and under two or more of those of the other set , but in each successive row the element goes ...
... variety of uses but , although widespread in southern Africa , is less commonly used than some other weaves . Twilled Each element passes over and under two or more of those of the other set , but in each successive row the element goes ...
Page 63
... variety recorded . Wrapped . ( i ) Plain ( 5b ) ; ( ii ) Lattice wrapped with one ( 5c ) or two ( 5g ) lat- tices , is a second , more common variety in which there is a horizontal as well as a vertical set of warps , one or both of ...
... variety recorded . Wrapped . ( i ) Plain ( 5b ) ; ( ii ) Lattice wrapped with one ( 5c ) or two ( 5g ) lat- tices , is a second , more common variety in which there is a horizontal as well as a vertical set of warps , one or both of ...
Page 91
... is the point from which the rest of the work radiates and it must be equally avail- able to all sides . There is not a great deal of variety in these beginnings . B A ( ( ) ) Fig . 35. Start. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 91.
... is the point from which the rest of the work radiates and it must be equally avail- able to all sides . There is not a great deal of variety in these beginnings . B A ( ( ) ) Fig . 35. Start. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 91.
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