Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1991 - Natural history |
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Page 140
... plaited and knotted ( 106c ) , but this is more common in woven work . Taken back diagonally A rare , and perhaps not important , decorative finish to an oversewn edge is used by the Kalahadi in the Molepolole area . Each strand of the ...
... plaited and knotted ( 106c ) , but this is more common in woven work . Taken back diagonally A rare , and perhaps not important , decorative finish to an oversewn edge is used by the Kalahadi in the Molepolole area . Each strand of the ...
Page 152
... Plaited work In straight plaited work there is no opportunity for further decoration beyond that of the type of plait itself . In open extended plaited work , which is more or less confined to Lesotho , a more decorative effect may be ...
... Plaited work In straight plaited work there is no opportunity for further decoration beyond that of the type of plait itself . In open extended plaited work , which is more or less confined to Lesotho , a more decorative effect may be ...
Page 184
... plaited as a sewing strand for coiled work . Stronger grass is plaited to make ropes . Grass stems need little or no preparation . They are sometimes used green , particularly for ornaments or hats , and sometimes dried first and ...
... plaited as a sewing strand for coiled work . Stronger grass is plaited to make ropes . Grass stems need little or no preparation . They are sometimes used green , particularly for ornaments or hats , and sometimes dried first and ...
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Alcyonium anthocodiae Anthomastus anthostele autozooids bands basketwork Bayer beer-strainers boiled with material calyces Cape Province capitulum Capnella capstans chequer Clavularia coenenchyme coil foundation coll cord costellae cylindrical decorative depth diagonal digitiform distal eastern Cape Province edge elements Eleutherobia escutcheon fabric flank costae foundation strands G. C. Williams genera genus grain-bins Hickson Hoepen holotype hoops Indo-Pacific Inhaca Kitchin knotted Krauss Kükenthal Kwanyama lattice twine length marginal carina mats Mozambique Myophorella Natal Ndau Ndebele nepionic stages Nguni octocorals ornament Oshikango oversewing Pieterfaurea Pisotrigonia plain plaited polyparium polyps Pterotrigonia retracted retractile ribs round SAN DIEGO Scale bar sclerites selvedge sewing strand sleeping-mats soft corals Sotho South African Museum southern Africa specimens stalk Steinmanella stitch stolons straight sewn subfamily surface technique Thomson Tixier-Durivault Transkei Trigonia Trigoniidae Tsonga Tswana tuberculate spindles twilled twisted Type species umbones Valanginian Venda Verseveldt warp and weft weave weft winnowing baskets woven Zimbabwe Zulu