Tag: Pattern

  • House Decorations of the Basotho Women

    The Basotho women’s art of house decoration:  Litema “The word Litema (pronounced as “di-the-ma”) is derived from the word “ho lema” which means to cultivate, and “tema”, which denotes a ploughed field. The geometric patterns appeared initially on the inside of dwellings and it was only in the 19th century that it appeared on the outside…