Rug

Museum number:
5-16814
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
61 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4729
Description:
rug; woven fiber rug, natural and dark brown, woven in bands (lengthwise) alternating patterned brown bands with plain natural band. braided finish at each end.
Donor:
Dorothy Shack
Collection place:
Ethiopia
Verbatim coll. place:
East Africa, Ethiopia, Shoa Province, Gurage
Culture or time period:
Gurage
Collector:
Dorothy Shack and William A. Shack
Materials:
Reed
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Context of use:
household - used at entryway
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 121 centimeters and width 107 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 5-16814, described as rug; woven fiber rug, natural and dark brown, woven in bands (lengthwise) alternating patterned brown bands with plain natural band. braided finish at each end.

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