Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . hitch after each wrap; or it may be wrapped in a figure-of-eight (76i):or taken over three foundation strands to give a chain effect (76j). Sometimes alattice, in the form of fibre cord, is added to the plain and hitched wrapping(76g, 76h, Fig. 56A, B). Only the plain and hitched varieties are at all isolated instance from the Fue in the Okavango area is tied with a half-reefknot at each wrap (76e, 76f). Plaited edge An elaborate plaited edging is given to some Zulu grain-bins of twinedfabric. First of all the

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Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . hitch after each wrap; or it may be wrapped in a figure-of-eight (76i):or taken over three foundation strands to give a chain effect (76j). Sometimes alattice, in the form of fibre cord, is added to the plain and hitched wrapping(76g, 76h, Fig. 56A, B). Only the plain and hitched varieties are at all isolated instance from the Fue in the Okavango area is tied with a half-reefknot at each wrap (76e, 76f). Plaited edge An elaborate plaited edging is given to some Zulu grain-bins of twinedfabric. First of all the warps are bent outwards almost at right angles and held bythree rows of twining; then the warps are twisted sideways and finished off witha plait (77a, Fig. 57). In a similar example from the Chopi, the edge is double(77b). A different sort of plaited edging is seen on similar grain-bins of theNdebele in Zimbabwe, where the thinned warps—after separation into groupsof three strands—are plaited and hang down (77c, Fig. 58A, B). 114 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. J J 1 t J r u n f^i B

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