Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . B. Fig. 83. A. Crossed elements on open extended plait, 127b. B. Decorative chain-stitch stripeon straight sewing with composite foundation, 129a. C. Decorative stripe by changing directionof twists of composite foundation in straight sewing, 129d. D. Vertical lines by change of stitch in coiled sewn work, 130. 154 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM by crossing the foundation strands between the lines of sewing. This is done onsleeping-mats, especially in Lesotho and also on South Sotho bale masks (for girlinitiates), wh
Annals of the South African MuseumAnnale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum . B. Fig. 83. A. Crossed elements on open extended plait, 127b. B. Decorative chain-stitch stripeon straight sewing with composite foundation, 129a. C. Decorative stripe by changing directionof twists of composite foundation in straight sewing, 129d. D. Vertical lines by change of stitch in coiled sewn work, 130. 154 ANNALS OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM by crossing the foundation strands between the lines of sewing. This is done onsleeping-mats, especially in Lesotho and also on South Sotho bale masks (for girlinitiates), which are exactly similarly made (128a). by putting a 25 mm depth of lattice wrap at each end of a straight sewn mat (anisolated instance from the Northern Transvaal Ndebele) (128b). by arranging in a design the nodes of the split reeds used as straight sewn foun-dation by the Shona (128c) (this may be accidental). In straight sewn work with composite foundation strands, the only decor-ations recorded are on beer-strainers with foundation strands of two-ply orthree-ply. Str
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