Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . t \ Begin Beginbrown white. B Fig. 86. A. Geometric design on twine with two different coloured wefts, 145d. B. Overlaying in colour on twine, 145g. Warps may also be whipped with a strand of a different colour, to make adesign (145h). In plaited work chevron patterns in either direction could be made by theintroduction of coloured strands. This has, however, not been found. The onlyexample found of decoration in a plaited fabric is on the sleeping-mat fromMozambique already described (p. 144). In this special case, wher
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . t \ Begin Beginbrown white. B Fig. 86. A. Geometric design on twine with two different coloured wefts, 145d. B. Overlaying in colour on twine, 145g. Warps may also be whipped with a strand of a different colour, to make adesign (145h). In plaited work chevron patterns in either direction could be made by theintroduction of coloured strands. This has, however, not been found. The onlyexample found of decoration in a plaited fabric is on the sleeping-mat fromMozambique already described (p. 144). In this special case, where separateplaits are joined together to form the whole, horizontal stripes of plain colourcan be made by making some of the plaits entirely coloured (146). In three-strand lattice twined work, bands and patterns are made by havingone or more of the strands in a different material dyed. This was recordedamong the Subia of the Okavango (147a-c). 160 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM Coloured edges on woven work The only example recorded is from the Lala of Natal where the edge of afood-mat is over
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