long, rectangular, leather cushion; hand sewn on each end and one side. leather loops on each corner, plus hide string at 2 corners. painted geometric decoration on both sides (checks, diamonds, zigzags, dots, lines) in sepia on natural leather. sewn together with tan thread. patched on one corner.
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:
Hair (material), Leather, Paint (coating), and Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
May 22, 2002
Context of use:
household use - when reclining on the floor. made for the Shacks.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 69 centimeters, height 10 centimeters, and width 36.5 centimeters