Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . 122 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM (79d), and an edge on which the knots are tucked under the last sewing strandand may be cut off plain or end in a fringe too {79 e, 79f, Fig. 60C). Stapled edge For wickerwork, a purely utilitarian type of edging seen on Shona gardenbaskets and Mpondo meat trays is the insertion of a hoop of the same materialas the wefts, between each pair of warps, crossing the cross of the wefts (80,Fig. 61A). 1 1 H n 3 u uuo 3 4 B ~J 1. B Fig. 56. A. Lattice wrapped edge on straight sewn,
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . 122 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM (79d), and an edge on which the knots are tucked under the last sewing strandand may be cut off plain or end in a fringe too {79 e, 79f, Fig. 60C). Stapled edge For wickerwork, a purely utilitarian type of edging seen on Shona gardenbaskets and Mpondo meat trays is the insertion of a hoop of the same materialas the wefts, between each pair of warps, crossing the cross of the wefts (80,Fig. 61A). 1 1 H n 3 u uuo 3 4 B ~J 1. B Fig. 56. A. Lattice wrapped edge on straight sewn, Hitched lattice wrapped edge, 76h. BASKETWORK OF SOUTHERN AFRICA 123 Rims Flat twilled work that is cut to a round after weaving is edged in a similarway throughout the centre, east and north-east of the country, and the edge is asimportant for determining the shape of the object as for giving it strength(Fig. 63). One or more thin hoops of wood or reed are fixed on one or bothsides of the edge of the fabric in such a way that the fabric has to turn up to fitthe size of the hoop and the whole is oversewn closely with a strong material(81a, 81c, Fig. 61B-D). Sometimes another hoop is placed on top before theoversewing (81b). Winnowing trays, both twilled and chequer weave, are edgedlike this. As a variation of this, occurring only in the north and in Mozambique,an extra upstanding rim, wide or narrow, and of wood or bamboo, may be sewnon in addition to the hoops, (81 d, 81 e, Figs 62A-B, C-D, 63). In one exampleseen, two outsi
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