Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 102. Bracelet, 179, Mpondo, Flagstaff, Transkei, 1901(SAM-249). Width of fabric 30 mm. Hats It used to be said that the shape of South Sotho hats (184, Fig. 103) was dic-tated to some extent by whether they were to be worn in sunshine (in which casethey were wide brimmed) or rain (in which case they were conical), but thisseems to be no longer the case, if ever it was, and the conical hat has become anational symbol. In other groups, hats are mainly wide-brimmed. Huts Before the spread of mud walls, the frames of wa
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 102. Bracelet, 179, Mpondo, Flagstaff, Transkei, 1901(SAM-249). Width of fabric 30 mm. Hats It used to be said that the shape of South Sotho hats (184, Fig. 103) was dic-tated to some extent by whether they were to be worn in sunshine (in which casethey were wide brimmed) or rain (in which case they were conical), but thisseems to be no longer the case, if ever it was, and the conical hat has become anational symbol. In other groups, hats are mainly wide-brimmed. Huts Before the spread of mud walls, the frames of walls and roofs of huts were,with some exceptions, wattlework (185, Fig. 104). In some places there was awoven top-knot on the roof. Sledges Sledges (186,wooden base. Fig. 15) have wattlework walls built on to the V-shaped Sleeping-mats Sleeping-mats (187, Fig. 105) are rectangular, although some Xhosa some-times make one end rounded. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 179. Fig. 103. Hat, 184, Southern Sotho, Leribe, 1958 (SAM-7987). Height 320 mm.
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