Xhosa people are in general finders and collectors The method of decoration/embroidery in its traditional form reflects this. Their use of beads buttons and black bootlace on white fabric is very distinctive and evocative of the Ciskei and Transkei people.

The Keiskamma women have chosen to use cows as the thread and theme, winding throughout their work. The aim is to bring cattle back into the Xhosa women’s world through stitch. See an article in 'Encounter South Africa' for the story of Nongqawuse, the Xhosa woman who almost brought down the Xhosa nation here.

For the gallery the women have produced a range of soft furnishing items with variable references to their pride in the Nguni cattle. Traditional Xhosa design, sometimes incorporated with modern designs, are sewn on cotton linen and hessian.