Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1993 - Natual history |
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Page 284
... mats that were their main item of basketwork . The great advantage of the mats was that in wet weather the sedge stems , of which they were made , swelled and made the cover water- tight , while in dry weather the slight gaps between ...
... mats that were their main item of basketwork . The great advantage of the mats was that in wet weather the sedge stems , of which they were made , swelled and made the cover water- tight , while in dry weather the slight gaps between ...
Page 288
... mats for children to sleep on . Sewing : two - ply twisted cord of crushed sedge stems , the inner bark of Acacia capensis or Acacia karroo , a soft outer bark , sinew , or pack - thread . Makers Women made both mats and sewing strand ...
... mats for children to sleep on . Sewing : two - ply twisted cord of crushed sedge stems , the inner bark of Acacia capensis or Acacia karroo , a soft outer bark , sinew , or pack - thread . Makers Women made both mats and sewing strand ...
Page 297
... mats , but there is no confirmation of this . A bone awl was used throughout for making holes for the sewing strands to go through the sedge stems of the mats . The bone used was said to have been that of the ostrich or the giraffe . No ...
... mats , but there is no confirmation of this . A bone awl was used throughout for making holes for the sewing strands to go through the sedge stems of the mats . The bone used was said to have been that of the ostrich or the giraffe . No ...
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abbreviations Agulhas Bank Ambostracon Annals apical assemblage zone Baculites Baculites vagina basitarsus Benson & Maddocks Bensonia bicuspidata blue antelope Brady Brunnschweiler Cape Peninsula Cape Province Cape Town carapace Clancey collected Cytherella DIEGO Diictodon Dingle distribution dorsal view dromedaria elongated Eubaculites carinatus Eucypris fastigiate fauna female flabellicostata genus hairs Hartmann hemipenis Hippotragus Holotype internal view KBIN K. E. Steiner keeleri Klie knysnaensis Kossmat labyrinthicus latecarinatus lectotype lepralioides Lüderitz Maastrichtian male margin material melobesioides Metasoma modern namibensis Namibia ornamentation ostracod Palmoconcha paratypes populations posterior Pseudokeijella punctate Puri Ramotha Rediviva references relict ribs Sars Scale bars segment setae shelf skull Smith South African Museum south-western Africa south-western Cape species specimens SUID-AFRIKAANSE MUSEUM syntypes taxa taxon V. B. Whitehead vagina vagina Forbes valves venter ventral view Walvis Bay Walvis Ridge water depth whorl Xestoleberis Zoological Zululand