Wall decoration or mat

Museum number:
5-16887
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Accession number:
Acc.4748
Description:
Oval wall decoration or mat formed from 12 paper Hazzan-Kodosoli & Co. cigarette packages trimmed and sewn into a circle. 5.2x4.2 cm oval centre is filled with a magazine photo of a smiling, winking woman. Outer edge finished with triangular bits of paper sewn to the edge to form a border several of which are missing. Cigarette packs are olive green and wine or magenta with black or white print.
Donor:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection place:
Kalabsha Village, Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Nubia, Kalabsha village
Culture or time period:
Nubian
Collector:
Robert I. Orlins
Materials:
Paper (fiber product)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
February 8, 2005
Context of use:
Decorative
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
height 28 centimeters and width 23.2 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Wall decoration or mat, accession number 5-16887, described as Oval wall decoration or mat formed from 12 paper Hazzan-Kodosoli & Co. cigarette packages trimmed and sewn into a circle. 5.2x4.2 cm oval centre is filled with a magazine photo of a smiling, winking woman. Outer edge finished with triangular bits of paper sewn to the edge to form a border several of which are missing. Cigarette packs are olive green and wine or magenta with black or white print.

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