The Basutos : or, twenty-three years in South Africa (1861)
Casalis, Eugène Arnaud, b. 1812 · London, J. Nisbet · leaf 182
He has in his hand a needle with two eyes, so that the material he interweaves should not get unthreaded. He takes a handful of grass, and gives it the form of a small disc, which he interweaves in all directions until it is firm, and cannot become un- rolled. This done, nothing more remains but to… … BASKETS- reeds of different colours, they make themselves necklaces and bracelets, which
Sotho (African people)
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