Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . l^^rf0#i»,0-,00,0^^^* Fig. 7. A. Close plain twined weave, single warp, 4a. B. Open plain twined weave, singlewarp, 4c. C. Open plain twined weave, multiple warp, 4d. D. Plain chain twined weave, mul-tiple warp, 4f. E. Twilled twined weave, single warp, 4g. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 63. Fig. 8. Food-mat of close plain twined weave, multiple grass warp, sedge weft; scalloped sel-vedge; looped warp beginning; added warps for shaping; decoration—same material , Mevana, Libode, 1969 (SAM-9564). Diameter 330 mm
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . l^^rf0#i»,0-,00,0^^^* Fig. 7. A. Close plain twined weave, single warp, 4a. B. Open plain twined weave, singlewarp, 4c. C. Open plain twined weave, multiple warp, 4d. D. Plain chain twined weave, mul-tiple warp, 4f. E. Twilled twined weave, single warp, 4g. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 63. Fig. 8. Food-mat of close plain twined weave, multiple grass warp, sedge weft; scalloped sel-vedge; looped warp beginning; added warps for shaping; decoration—same material , Mevana, Libode, 1969 (SAM-9564). Diameter 330 mm. Twilled wickerwork has not been recorded in southern Africa. By its naturewickerwork is suited to heavy articles, such as hut doors and traps, but it is alsoused in lighter form for baskets and fish traps. It is therefore widely is not very common, however, and for actual baskets is seldom used except bythe Shona peoples of the north-east and the southern Tsonga of Mozambique.(The wicker influence seems to come from the north-east.)The following varieties have been recorded: Chequer. Plain straight chequer (5a, Figs 12A, 13) is the most commonvariety 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 asa vertical set of warp
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