Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . sewn together in three points instead of two. On cylindrical work At the base of Zulu cylindrical spoon-bags, the warps of the chequer fabricare knotted together in twos and threes to join the two edges made by flatteningthe cylinder (118a); this is often followed by a row of twining (118b). Alter-natively, the warps are crossed, sometimes after an initial row of twining, and arow of twining holds each edge separately (118c-118g, Fig. 77A, B). In this casethe edge is sometimes sewn together with fancy stitching or beadwo
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . sewn together in three points instead of two. On cylindrical work At the base of Zulu cylindrical spoon-bags, the warps of the chequer fabricare knotted together in twos and threes to join the two edges made by flatteningthe cylinder (118a); this is often followed by a row of twining (118b). Alter-natively, the warps are crossed, sometimes after an initial row of twining, and arow of twining holds each edge separately (118c-118g, Fig. 77A, B). In this casethe edge is sometimes sewn together with fancy stitching or beadwork, or eachside of it may be bound (118h-118i). Sometimes the warps are simply knotted inpairs after crossing. Open base A cylindrical basket made with the base open may have it closed by a roundof hide (119a), or a square of matting sewn or woven on (119b, Fig. 77C, D). Closed base Baskets with closed bases, particularly conical baskets, often have a roundof dressed skin, bark, palm midrib, wood or, latterly, cloth or even cardboard, BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 145. X5 ^1 :j *-* c~ 0 o -^ Q V3CO U O C/> 00 b ** - ZI .,_, r, t/j ; r, $ 0 0 EJ ; <u s: J= *- .2 g o wc x: J. 5 .2? 8 146 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM plastic or inner tubing, sewn on the outside of the base to protect it from wear(120a-120g). This is very much Tswana practice. Side edges joined by half-hitches The two cones that are fitted one inside the other to make a fish trap arejoined together by half-hitches (121).
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