Mat

Museum number:
5-2656
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050002656
Accession number:
Acc.1685
Description:
Fiber mat; kuma stalk; sitting mat; or used as bed; used also as curtain to divide a room; 82 inches x 41 inches.
Donor:
Bonnie B. Keller and University Appropriation
Collection place:
African Craft Village, Livingstone Museum, Zambia
Verbatim coll. place:
No. Rhodesia; African Craft Village; Livingstone; Barotse
Culture or time period:
Barotse
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1962
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-2656, described as Fiber mat; kuma stalk; sitting mat; or used as bed; used also as curtain to divide a room; 82 inches x 41 inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-2656, described as Fiber mat; kuma stalk; sitting mat; or used as bed; used also as curtain to divide a room; 82 inches x 41 inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-2656, described as Fiber mat; kuma stalk; sitting mat; or used as bed; used also as curtain to divide a room; 82 inches x 41 inches.

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