Mat

Museum number:
5-2659
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1685
Description:
Twined mat; wrap and weft from wild sisal; painted designs in brown and purple. Used as sweating mats or in deck-type chairs; approx 41 inches x 20 inches.
Donor:
Bonnie B. Keller and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Livingstone, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
No. Rhodesia; African Craft Village; Livingstone; Luvale, Luchazo, Mbunda, Kangala, Chokwe tribes
Culture or time period:
Chokwe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Baskets (containers) and Twined weaving
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-2659, described as Twined mat; wrap and weft from wild sisal; painted designs in brown and purple. Used as sweating mats or in deck-type chairs; approx 41 inches x 20 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-2659, described as Twined mat; wrap and weft from wild sisal; painted designs in brown and purple. Used as sweating mats or in deck-type chairs; approx 41 inches x 20 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-2659, described as Twined mat; wrap and weft from wild sisal; painted designs in brown and purple. Used as sweating mats or in deck-type chairs; approx 41 inches x 20 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-2659, described as Twined mat; wrap and weft from wild sisal; painted designs in brown and purple. Used as sweating mats or in deck-type chairs; approx 41 inches x 20 inches.

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