Linen, Mali, Oulliminden Tuareg. October, 1972. 5-11670, acc no. 2896, file code 6.2. Collector: Susan E. Smith Donor: Susan E. Smith. Materials, techniques: dyed cotton cloth made with indigo; from woman's shawl or skirt Context of use: Children made replicas of tents (using uprights of sticks, placed in 4 parallel rows, the edges of the tent tied to the 2 outer rows and resting on top of the inner ones). Inside, beds were arranged and dolls placed (burrs caught in the cloth are a wild grain used as food called cram-cram or wajag (Cenchrus biflorus). Made by: child Role in trade: cloth probably from Niger Description: "tent"; green fragment of cotton cloth; w. 54 cm. x l. 66 cm. /-blue Reference: see acc. env. for drawing of tent set up
Donor:
Susan E. Smith
Collection place:
Menaka area, Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Mali; Oulliminden Tuareg
Culture or time period:
Tuareg
Collector:
Susan E. Smith
Collection date:
October, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shawls and Textiles (visual works)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children