. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 283. 1 N Fig. 8. San hat, SAM-7089, northern Kalahari, c. 1936. Diameter of crown 175 mm. Records Early: Alexander 1835 [1838: 236], Namibia. Recent: Lebzelter 1926-1928 [1934: 36, pi. 7: 5, 6], northern Namibia. SAM-7089, 1936, north-east Kalahari. ORNAMENTS Plaited grass ornaments are mentioned by Smith (1836 [1975]). A bangle from Lake Chrissie is an eight-strand square plait of Digitaria grass, but may have been a borrowing from the Swazi. The Nharo made necklets and
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 283. 1 N Fig. 8. San hat, SAM-7089, northern Kalahari, c. 1936. Diameter of crown 175 mm. Records Early: Alexander 1835 [1838: 236], Namibia. Recent: Lebzelter 1926-1928 [1934: 36, pi. 7: 5, 6], northern Namibia. SAM-7089, 1936, north-east Kalahari. ORNAMENTS Plaited grass ornaments are mentioned by Smith (1836 [1975]). A bangle from Lake Chrissie is an eight-strand square plait of Digitaria grass, but may have been a borrowing from the Swazi. The Nharo made necklets and bangles of Scirpus nodosus and Kyllinga alba (Bleek 1928). According to Passarge (1907), those in the Ghanzi area were 'woven spirally' by children. According to Hirschberg (1933), at Rietfontein, ornaments were made from the lengths between the nodes of a grass stem, split in two and 'interlaced'. Grass ornaments are common throughout southern Africa. Techniques Fabric: eight-strand square plait (Fig. 1Q, 7q); spiral plait; 'interlaced'. Finishing: oversewn. Materials Flowering stems of Digitaria sp., Scirpus nodosus Rottb., Kyllinga alba Nees, etc. Records Early: Smith 1834-1836 [1975: 147], Riet River near Philippolis. Passarge 1896 [1907: 90-91], Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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