Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . from the adjoining warps for thenext row of twining. There seem to be two ways of doing this, (i) Zigzag. Whenthe warp is divided equally and the two sections, together in one row, part toright and left in the next, and come together again in the third row, in such away that each section follows a vertical zigzag line. The weaving may be close(4h, Fig. 9A, B)—with the twining rows next to each other, or open (4i,Fig. 9C)—with twining rows at wide intervals, (ii) Diagonal. When the leftsection of the warp goes off to the
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . from the adjoining warps for thenext row of twining. There seem to be two ways of doing this, (i) Zigzag. Whenthe warp is divided equally and the two sections, together in one row, part toright and left in the next, and come together again in the third row, in such away that each section follows a vertical zigzag line. The weaving may be close(4h, Fig. 9A, B)—with the twining rows next to each other, or open (4i,Fig. 9C)—with twining rows at wide intervals, (ii) Diagonal. When the leftsection of the warp goes off to the left, but the right section remains vertical andreceives the left of the adjoining warp; then having become the left sectionitself, goes off to the left to rejoin its former mate, so that each warp sectionfollows a stepped diagonal line across the work. The weaving may be close (4j,Figs 9D, E, 10), or open (4k) and the warps equally or unequally divided. Whenthe weaving is close, the difference between zigzag and diagonal split-warp BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 59. U^A rnmrnn Tiraif= i*iu±± t-\M-- ? ??
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