Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 106. Skimming-spoon, 255, Zulu, Eshowe, Natal, 1961 (SAM-8398). Diameter of bowl 100 mm. Spoons The basketwork spoons used as skimmers for beer (188, Fig. 106) are gen-erally rather more ornamental in shape than is strictly necessary for theirpurpose. Strainers Strainers are tubular and their shapes differ only at the narrow base (189.,Figs 19, 107), which may be tucked in, bound or sewn into a straight are used mainly for straining beer, but small examples for straining por-ridge have been seen. BAS
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 106. Skimming-spoon, 255, Zulu, Eshowe, Natal, 1961 (SAM-8398). Diameter of bowl 100 mm. Spoons The basketwork spoons used as skimmers for beer (188, Fig. 106) are gen-erally rather more ornamental in shape than is strictly necessary for theirpurpose. Strainers Strainers are tubular and their shapes differ only at the narrow base (189.,Figs 19, 107), which may be tucked in, bound or sewn into a straight are used mainly for straining beer, but small examples for straining por-ridge have been seen. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 181. Fig. 107. Beer-strainer, 189, Xolo, Port Shepstone, 1939 (SAM-6010(3)). TOOLS Basketwork is done by hand and very few tools are used. PREPARATION In preparation of the materials, a knife (nowadays often a penknife) orspear blade is necessary to cut them and split them ready for use. For heavystakes that are the warps of wattlework hut frames or sledges an axe or an adzeis needed. The splitting of small strands may be done with an awl (Fig. 108A)or, nowadays, even a pin may be used. Where reeds have to be flattened beforeuse, they are cut once down the length and opened out and, at least among theMpukushu and Kuangari, hammered flat with a mallet (Fig. 108C). A mallet ora piece of wood is used by Tsonga to flatten the ridges made by sewing plaitedstrips together to make a mat or basket. 182 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM
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