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Not all but many brooms are made of a bundle of grass or sedge stems , turned
over and bound at one end with plaited horse hair , sedge cord , cord made from
grass stems or grain- or orange - bag fibre , store - bought string or coloured cloth
...
Not all but many brooms are made of a bundle of grass or sedge stems , turned
over and bound at one end with plaited horse hair , sedge cord , cord made from
grass stems or grain- or orange - bag fibre , store - bought string or coloured cloth
...
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To hold the shape of beer strainers : a core of grass was used by Thembu and
Mpondo when making straight - sewn beer strainers . Materials The most
important material for the fabric of baskets , mats and small articles was , and still
is ...
To hold the shape of beer strainers : a core of grass was used by Thembu and
Mpondo when making straight - sewn beer strainers . Materials The most
important material for the fabric of baskets , mats and small articles was , and still
is ...
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ixonya - grass for making rope , general ubhijo - grass , Digitaria spp . for
ornaments , Mpondo , Bhaca umgwigwi - grass , Eragrostis curvula Nees ,
Mpondo umhluma – Hyparrhenia sp . umphica – Digitaria natalensis Stent , for
making ...
ixonya - grass for making rope , general ubhijo - grass , Digitaria spp . for
ornaments , Mpondo , Bhaca umgwigwi - grass , Eragrostis curvula Nees ,
Mpondo umhluma – Hyparrhenia sp . umphica – Digitaria natalensis Stent , for
making ...
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| Title | Annals of the South African Museum Annals of the South African Museum, South African Museum Volumes 111-112 of Annals of the South African Museum: Annale Van Die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum, South African Museum |
| Author | South African Museum |
| Publisher | West, Newman & Company for the trustees of the Museum, 2004 |
| Original from | University of California, Berkeley |
| Digitized | 26 Jan 2016 |
| ISBN | 086813189X, 9780868131894 |
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