Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . the Transkei in the diagonal style, the warp is dividedunequally (41, Fig. 9F), which gives a twilled appearance. The difference may bevery noticeable in this case when the warp consists of a bundle of grass, and onlya small section is carried to the left each time. This can give the superficialappearance of a diagonal strand having been run through the work twine seems to have been characteristic of the eastern Southern Nguniand the southern Transvaal Ndebele. Latterly the technique has been seen a
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . the Transkei in the diagonal style, the warp is dividedunequally (41, Fig. 9F), which gives a twilled appearance. The difference may bevery noticeable in this case when the warp consists of a bundle of grass, and onlya small section is carried to the left each time. This can give the superficialappearance of a diagonal strand having been run through the work twine seems to have been characteristic of the eastern Southern Nguniand the southern Transvaal Ndebele. Latterly the technique has been seen alittle in the western Transkei. Lattice. When there is a horizontal as well as a vertical set of warps, single(4 m) or (Figs 9G, H, 11) double (4 n), and one or more wefts that twine at thecrossings of the warps. This technique, with all flexible elements, is very rare. Wickerwork Wickerwork is distinguished by the fact that the warps are rigid whereas theflexible wefts bend in and out. The weave may be chequer, wrapped or twined. 62 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH B
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