Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . ing on chequer wicker with widely spaced warps, is made by bendingthe remaining warps sideways and twisting them round the edge, where they areheld in place by oversewing at intervals (78g). This is seen more commonly thanelsewhere in the extreme north-east of Zimbabwe. Oversewing on wicker maybe over and into the warps only (78h), and sometimes only into alternate warps(78i, Fig. 59C), or the edge may be reinforced and oversewn at intervals (75/),or all round (78k). The reinforcing may be with one or more lattices on ea
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . ing on chequer wicker with widely spaced warps, is made by bendingthe remaining warps sideways and twisting them round the edge, where they areheld in place by oversewing at intervals (78g). This is seen more commonly thanelsewhere in the extreme north-east of Zimbabwe. Oversewing on wicker maybe over and into the warps only (78h), and sometimes only into alternate warps(78i, Fig. 59C), or the edge may be reinforced and oversewn at intervals (75/),or all round (78k). The reinforcing may be with one or more lattices on eachside (781, Fig. 59D). Knotted edge Beer-strainers, whether sewn or woven, usually have a knotted edge. Thisgenerally results from the manner of starting. The varieties are: a plain knottededge (79a, Fig. 60B); a fringed edge in which either the knots are between fringeand fabric (79b, Fig. 60A, 107) or the fringe is between knots and fabric (79c,Fig. 60D). In the latter, the fringe may be twisted (79c, Fig. 60D) or plaited 118 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM EJ fc. JJJJ LK TT -U L~ Ml (1111 JlUl JJ -1 Fig. 53. A. Tucked selvedge on straight sewn work, 72a. B. Chequer edge on lattice twine,73. C. Whipped warp edge on twine, 74. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 119
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