block printed fabric panel, hemmed on each unselvaged end. pattern is of palm trees, other vegetation and native African houses. creamy/ yellow background, dark red, blue, navy, orange, and black. Conservation: Pink stains in 3 places on the body of the piece. Also faded areas on background.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Northern Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
North Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Possible table cover
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 187 centimeters and width 115.5 centimeters