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Different types of coiled baskets offering evidence of indigenous knowledge A: Woven with grass straw and dyed sisal. B: A tightly sewn basket—for storing food; made with natural straw and banana fibers. C: Woven with dyed raffia and soft splits of cane. Uses of weaving As Somjee (1993, 79) has remarked, “The large size kidasi ... is used for carrying maize, vegetables and flour. And the small sizes are used to keep and to carry little personal belongings of women.” In view of all these, let us learn more about uses of weaving: • Weaving can be used to organise large groups of people for social activities in schools. • By carrying out weaving, we hold back from some habits of frustrations and boredom. • Weaving is a source of income. Fabrics, mats, nets, trays, baskets and hats can be woven for sale. • Most importantly, fabrics woven cover or shield our bodies from bad weather. As a result, we attain a health living. • Weaving is a significance of fashion; it is the origin of utility bags and textiles. Generally, such woven items are also made to depict popular trends. • Woven fences are used for protection and to prevent escape, it also provides wall supports for home shelters. • It is a well-liked hobby. Functional handiwork of weaving There are very many functional items that are skilfully made by interlacing soft fibres as materials—to make a weave. “Their shapes are influenced by their functions and the materials that are available to the community” Somjee (1993, 85) adds. Here are some notable examples of woven handiwork: Mat or Kiwempe/omukeeka from Ganda language (in Uganda) and “mkeka” by Swahili people from Kenya. Mats are skilfully woven for different special purposes. Some common types of mats are customary made by using dried dyed palm leaves. Other materials include: Papyrus Bamboo Sisal Small sticks Wood Reeds or rushes Animal skin Tree bark Banana Slits of cotton Drinking Straw and fibers fabrics straws grass In spite of that, mats have a wide range of utility purposes. For example; • Protecting a table or floor surface • Wiping dirty feet in front of a doorway • It can also be used to display ostentation used for decorating home interiors. • Mats are good for resting, lying and sitting. A considerable number of mats are craftily woven by tying, threading and plaiting in accordance with traditional common weaving methods. Most mats, such as those locally made with palm leaves are woven in various series of steps. Maiti (2004, 125) adds, “... plaits are made separately and then sewn into the required shape in such a way that the joint does not show.” This type of weaving is different from weaving done on wooden frames to make carpets and tapestry as well as textiles. Baskets are many, they exist for different purposes, sizes and they are woven with different materials. Some are made for storing and carrying food, gifts as well as taking them for shopping. As an example there is a type of basket commonly known as kiondo. Somjee (1993, 86) asserts, “Traditionally, the kiondo was made from roots and barks of tress. Later, it was made from sisal and plastic strings.” 148 149
Here we see that through trials and by making experiments with basic local weaving materials the learner shall seriously be motivated to produce baskets from various found objects and natural fibers such as: Raffia Cane Rush Sticks Palm leaves Reeds Papyrus Leather Millet fibers Banana fibres Birch bark Thin wires Cattail/reed mace Drinking straws Water hyacinth Dried stalks of grass Midribs of banana leaf Corn/maize husks Willow shrubs Well prepared bamboo And in a thorough manner, the techniques of weaving baskets differ because of the vast array of materials available for making them. Here is how Maiti (2004, 124-127) categorised some techniques of weaving baskets: Check twine Plaited work Twilled twine Wrapped twine Twine (Plain) Hexagonal work twine Wickerwork Coiled work Simple over sewn coil Furcate coil Bee-kep coil Figure of eight Lazy squaw Crosse figure of eight or knot stitch According to Maiti (2004, 127) “plaiting wickerwork and coiling techniques ... include different patterns.” The wicker work method is well-known for producing strong baskets necessary for carrying heavy loads. Dry sticks and well preserved tree barks can also be used to enhance or decorate woven baskets, to appear with a visual sensation of colours. As an alternative, colouring dyes can be boiled with palm leaves, grass and bark to richly decorated baskets. Furniture can as well be woven in very many ways using various methods and materials. Here are some types of materials necessary for weaving furniture: Fabric (cut slits) Sisal Canes or sticks Sea-grass Water hyacinth Abaca (Musa textilis) Banana fibre Sticks or branchlet Synthetic rattan Palm rattan Metal wire Plastic wire Raffia Drinking straw Car tyre strands—cut into Wicker twigs lengthy strip belt sizes (also makes baskets) Plain twined weaving Three-strand twine Wrapped twined weaving Hexagonal work Lattice twined weaving (Bird cage) Three-strand braid Wrapped work Twill and diagonal twined weaving 150 151 Lazy-squaw Cycloid Crossed figured of eight Different kinds of weaving techniques. These can be used to make strong furniture and baskets
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