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TECHNOLOGY In basketwork there are two main techniques , which may be called woven and sewn , and these differ ... this seems to me to remove the classification from the reality of how the work is done , the technique in fact .
TECHNOLOGY In basketwork there are two main techniques , which may be called woven and sewn , and these differ ... this seems to me to remove the classification from the reality of how the work is done , the technique in fact .
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Coiled foundation : ascending The ascending oversewn coiled work is probably the most widespread basketwork technique in southern Africa and it would seem to be the main technique for all except the Shona , who use wickerwork , and the ...
Coiled foundation : ascending The ascending oversewn coiled work is probably the most widespread basketwork technique in southern Africa and it would seem to be the main technique for all except the Shona , who use wickerwork , and the ...
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DECORATION This section deals with decoration in the body of the work , exclusive of the often decorative body techniques and decorative as well as utilitarian edgings already described . It should be noted that decoration takes place ...
DECORATION This section deals with decoration in the body of the work , exclusive of the often decorative body techniques and decorative as well as utilitarian edgings already described . It should be noted that decoration takes place ...
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Alcyonium ANGELES bands base baskets basketwork branches CALIFORN calyces Cape capitulum carina close coil coil foundation coll collected colony colour common continued coral cord crossing decorative depth described Description diagonal Distribution double Durban edge effect elements entire escutcheon example fabric Family figures flank costae flat foundation front genus gives Group growth included Kitchin knotted lateral lattice length LIBRARY margin material mats multiple narrow Natal ornament oversewing patterns placed plain plaited Point polyparium polyps present recorded region Remarks retracted round sclerites seen separate sewing strand sewn shape side single smooth sometimes Sotho South African Museum southern Africa species specimens spindles stalk stitch straight surface technique Thomson Tixier-Durivault Trigonia tuberculate twilled twine twisted Type UNIVERSITY usually warps weave weft wide winnowing baskets woven wrapped Zulu
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| Title | Annals of the South African Museum Annals of the South African Museum, South African Museum Volume 100 of Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum, South African Museum |
| Author | South African Museum |
| Publisher | The Museum, 1991 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 22 Sep 2011 |
| ISBN | 0868131180, 9780868131184 |
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