. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE 87. Fig. 34. Man weaving a strainer while attending a court case in the khoro. Photo: E. J. Krige, 1936-8. knots in the string (Fig. 35B) to form a circle. A needle was used for the sewing and work continued in a spiral with the sewing-strand passing through the string (Fig. 35C). At the base the strands were sewn into a tight bunch. Both woven and sewn strainers were used in the same manner. Unstrained beer was poured through the lethodo, which was wrung in the hands with a t
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. LOBEDU MATERIAL CULTURE 87. Fig. 34. Man weaving a strainer while attending a court case in the khoro. Photo: E. J. Krige, 1936-8. knots in the string (Fig. 35B) to form a circle. A needle was used for the sewing and work continued in a spiral with the sewing-strand passing through the string (Fig. 35C). At the base the strands were sewn into a tight bunch. Both woven and sewn strainers were used in the same manner. Unstrained beer was poured through the lethodo, which was wrung in the hands with a twisting action so that the liquid passed through the fibres and the dregs re- mained behind. The receptacle for the strained beer was a wide-mouthed pot, lebeda (see p. 66). By the 1970s both types of basketry strainer had been re- placed by a large wooden sieve, sefd (see p. 113). This replacement related to an increase in the scale of brewing beer for Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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