Mat

Museum number:
5-12899
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-107 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.3023
Description:
Mat, raffia, plainweave; straw-colored natural ground, red, black and yellow-dyed lengthwise bands; fringed at both ends; total 1; ca. 73 cm., woven portion 40 cm.
Donor:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Ikot Ekpene; Ibibio (Murdock 31:4)
Culture or time period:
Igbo
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
December 14, 1973
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
PAHMA Storage Loc: U-7-8
Loans:
S1969-1970 #22: Bay Area Committee to Save Biafran Children (September 11, 1969–September 23, 1969)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-12899, described as Mat, raffia, plainweave; straw-colored natural ground, red, black and yellow-dyed lengthwise bands; fringed at both ends; total 1; ca. 73 cm., woven portion 40 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-12899, described as Mat, raffia, plainweave; straw-colored natural ground, red, black and yellow-dyed lengthwise bands; fringed at both ends; total 1; ca. 73 cm., woven portion 40 cm.

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