Embroidered textile; small textile, coarse, woven base of rust colored fabric. Embroidered all over in a repeated rows of a looped back and forth design. Negative spaces are filled with cut pile work in beige and brown. Conservation: Hole in center backed by modern burlap pouch.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Raffia (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 34.5 centimeters and length 70.5 centimeters