Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 33. A. Start to cylindrical twill, warps and wefts knotted in pairs, 25. B-C. Start to cyl-indrical twill, warps and wefts split from folded wider strand, 27. D. Start to cylindricaltwine warps joined by first row of weft; work curved so that edges meet and wefts continue in a spiral, 28. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 91. Fig. 34. Garden basket, lattice twined wicker—one lattice, two wefts, start at open base latercovered with a small mat; all elements palm. Ronga, Lebombo, 1954 (UCT 54/15). Height 285 mm. Sewn Stra
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . Fig. 33. A. Start to cylindrical twill, warps and wefts knotted in pairs, 25. B-C. Start to cyl-indrical twill, warps and wefts split from folded wider strand, 27. D. Start to cylindricaltwine warps joined by first row of weft; work curved so that edges meet and wefts continue in a spiral, 28. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 91. Fig. 34. Garden basket, lattice twined wicker—one lattice, two wefts, start at open base latercovered with a small mat; all elements palm. Ronga, Lebombo, 1954 (UCT 54/15). Height 285 mm. Sewn Straight foundation The beginning is as for a flat object but at the end of the first row of sewingthe work is bent round so that the two edges meet. The sewing strand then startsthe second row and continues in a continuous spiral (29, Fig. 35). This is thebeginning of one type of beer-strainer in which the foundation elements are two-or three-ply cords. The cords are knotted at one end and the knots are left on toform an edge. The work is begun by threading the sewing strand through thecords just above the knots (from the workers point of view) and, finally,through the first foundation element to make the circle. It then continues in itsspiral course. Sometimes an end is left to be joined by the ends of the cords tomake a fringe (29b, Fig. 35). Sometimes the end of the sewing strand is knotte
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