Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . h each stitch placed just behind (17a, Fig. 21E), or just in front of,the stitch of the coil below (17b, Figs 21F, 23). The effect of the latter is often ofradial lines on the fabric. Comparatively few examples have been recorded,from widespread localities, and only with a multiple foundation. The techniquemay not be indigenous. A variety seen on a basket from Natal (an isolatedexample) has the stitch coming out and going over an external semi-circular ribof grass before going in again (17c, Fig. 24A-D). Furcate sewing.
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . h each stitch placed just behind (17a, Fig. 21E), or just in front of,the stitch of the coil below (17b, Figs 21F, 23). The effect of the latter is often ofradial lines on the fabric. Comparatively few examples have been recorded,from widespread localities, and only with a multiple foundation. The techniquemay not be indigenous. A variety seen on a basket from Natal (an isolatedexample) has the stitch coming out and going over an external semi-circular ribof grass before going in again (17c, Fig. 24A-D). Furcate sewing. When the new stitch splits the stitch below it of the pre-ceding coil, (18a, Figs 29C, 30) or when the successive stitch is sewn into thesame hole (18c, Fig. 29D, E), it gives a forked effect. This is often doneinadvertently in simple oversewing, but when done systematically a verticalchain-stitch effect is produced, which is the more marked when the stitches arewidely spaced (18d, Fig. 29F, G). Closely sewn modern work is not very 86 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM. Fig. 31. A. Plain cross-stitch sewing on multiple foundation, 19a. B-C. Outer and innerappearance of interlock cross-stitch sewing on multiple foundation, 19b. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 87 remarkable, but on some old examples of Xhosa and Thembu baskets, of a typeno longer made, the work is so fine as almost to look like another technique(Fig. 29E). This latter has not been recorded from any other area in southernAfrica. Cross-stitch. When the sewing strand is so stitched as to form a plain cross-stitch or herring-bone effect, the same on both sides. The stitch passes diag-onally forward over to the front from the last stitch, through straight betweenthe coil from front to back, returns diagonally over to the front, crossing its firststitch, through the previous coil and first part of the stitch below from front toback, and diagonally forward to commence the next stitch (19a, Fig. 31A). In avariety of this t
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