. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Figure 7 isirudu, garden basket. A. Thembu, Engcobo, 1955. Plaited 213 mm. SAM-7408. B. Mpondomise, Tsolo, 1969. Plaited 210 mm. SAM-9580. C. Hlubi, Herschel, 1961. Edge sewn with horse hair. Height 170 mm. Tools Modern knife; awl; two modern steel needles, one flat the other curved (Hlubi,Matatiele, 1961); sailmakers needle. Materials Foundation: grass. Sewing: grass, plaited or often two-ply twisted grass, agave fibre, sedge, or Iridaceaeleaf Decoration: Horse tail hair or dy
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Figure 7 isirudu, garden basket. A. Thembu, Engcobo, 1955. Plaited 213 mm. SAM-7408. B. Mpondomise, Tsolo, 1969. Plaited 210 mm. SAM-9580. C. Hlubi, Herschel, 1961. Edge sewn with horse hair. Height 170 mm. Tools Modern knife; awl; two modern steel needles, one flat the other curved (Hlubi,Matatiele, 1961); sailmakers needle. Materials Foundation: grass. Sewing: grass, plaited or often two-ply twisted grass, agave fibre, sedge, or Iridaceaeleaf Decoration: Horse tail hair or dyed material. Makers Mainly men, but women too. Records Early: Nil. Recent: Cornner (correspondence) 1936, Mpondomise, Tsolo. Shaw & Van Warmelo1981: 233, 238,404,409, general. NCHM ET 35/465, 1935, Thembu, Xalanga. EL 5499,1969, Thembu, Qebe Valley. Field survey: 1955: Thembu, Engcobo, SAM-7408. 1961: Hlubi, Matatiele; Hlubi,Herschel, SAM-8543, SAM-8567. 1969: Thembu, Engcobo; Mpondomise, Tsolo,SAM-9580. 22 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM GENERAL PURPOSE BASKETS Smaller baskets of different sizes were used for general carrying or holding baskets were of the same techniques and materials as the garden baskets, that is,those formerly made by the Xhosa and Thembu were sewn and those of the others
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