Mat

Tools

Museum number:: 9-13626
Permalink:: ark:/21549/hm21090013626
Accession number:: Acc.3314
Object count:: 1
Description:: Mat; sleeping; plaited bamboo; 87 cm x 1.88 m China, Hong Kong (attr. to Mainland China, Canton area) Native name: Je eheng - bamboo mat bamboo; plaited; made by men For sleeping in summer. From Canton area, att., known for bamboo and rattan wares. Purchased at Cat. St. Flea Market, Hong Kong
Donor:: Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia and University Appropriation
Collection place:: Hong Kong
Verbatim coll. place:: China
Collector:: Niloufer Hirschmann Ichaporia
Object type:: ethnography
Object class:: Plaited weaving
Function:: 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:: Asia (except western Russia)