Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . corative use on aMpukushu sleeping-mat of sedge stems sewn together, where the ends of thesewing strands, when they emerge at the edge of the work, are twined back for10-15 cm, in irregular lengths, making a fancy border at each end of the mat,before continuing across the work. Wefts wrapped In close twined food-mats there are a few characteristic side edges, the basisof which is for one of the weft strands to be wrapped once or more often aroundthe last warp, while the other turns back without going round the last warp,
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . corative use on aMpukushu sleeping-mat of sedge stems sewn together, where the ends of thesewing strands, when they emerge at the edge of the work, are twined back for10-15 cm, in irregular lengths, making a fancy border at each end of the mat,before continuing across the work. Wefts wrapped In close twined food-mats there are a few characteristic side edges, the basisof which is for one of the weft strands to be wrapped once or more often aroundthe last warp, while the other turns back without going round the last warp, butpassing over the other weft in a variety of ways to form a decorative edging(86a-86j, Figs 67, 52). Edge oversewn The weft edge may be oversewn over the last warp (87), either plain or witha fancy stitch, after the work is complete. Neither of these methods is common. Lattice wrap The ends (weft edges) of straight sewn work may be reinforced with a lat-tice and the sewing wrapped over and under before going back along its row (88). BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 133.
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