Previously, skins of wild animals such as the hyrax/dassie were also used. The original Chief Chirimuhanzu had a celebrated garment made of dassie or rock-rabbit skins. The artist Nombulelo Dassie created a sculpture of Florence Matomela. Dassie rats are squirrel-like in appearance. The tree hyrax or tree dassie is a small nocturnal mammal native to Africa. Weir teamed up with her husband, Robert Dassie, to form the comedy duo "WeirDass". Dassie rats feed primarily on grasses, but will sometimes eat fruits, seeds, and leaves. The dassie rat ("Petromus typicus") is an African rodent found among rocky outcroppings.