furcate
basketry
Also known as: split stitch coiling
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basketry techniques
- In basketry: Sewed coiling
…preceding coil (split stitch, or furcate). This sewed type of coiled ware has a very wide distribution: it is almost the exclusive form in many regions of North and West Africa; it existed in ancient Egypt and occurs today in Arabia and throughout the Mediterranean basin as far as western…
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