Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 18. A. Straight sewing, single foundation, 8. B. Straight sewing through each twist of atwo-ply twisted cord foundation, 9a. C. Straight sewing through each twist of a three-ply twisted cord foundation, 9c. 74 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 19. Straight sewn cylindrical beer-strainer, foundation of three-ply cords of twisted sedge;sewing sedge, edge fringed above knots. Mpondomise, Tsolo, Transkei, 1936 (SAM-5564). Length 521 mm. them horizontally at intervals. The work may be flat or cylindrical. When the
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 18. A. Straight sewing, single foundation, 8. B. Straight sewing through each twist of atwo-ply twisted cord foundation, 9a. C. Straight sewing through each twist of a three-ply twisted cord foundation, 9c. 74 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 19. Straight sewn cylindrical beer-strainer, foundation of three-ply cords of twisted sedge;sewing sedge, edge fringed above knots. Mpondomise, Tsolo, Transkei, 1936 (SAM-5564). Length 521 mm. them horizontally at intervals. The work may be flat or cylindrical. When thework is flat, the sewing strand may cross it only once and then be fastened off, ormay turn back and re-cross it once or several times, according to the width ofthe fabric. When the work is cylindrical, the sewing strand travels in a continu-ous spiral. It is possible to join the straight foundation strands by oversewing,but this technique does not commonly occur in southern Africa. One poorlyauthenticated example was seen. There are two sorts of straight foundation: Single. When the foundation strands are single and simple. Very commonlysmooth sedge stems (8, Fig. 18A) are used, but in Zimbabwe split and flattenedreed stems are used. This is only known in flat work. It is a common techniquefor sleeping-mats and is
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