Decorative burlap panel

Museum number:
5-16727
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
516727
Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
burlap panel decorated with seed pod halves or small gourd halves sewn in a pattern with raffia "thread". inside of each pod is white painted.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Western Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
W. Africa
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Burlap (seed or gourd halves) and Raffia (fiber)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Gourds (plant components)
Function:
4.0 Use not specified (Structures and Furnishings)
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
Unknown
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 45 centimeters and length 88 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Decorative burlap panel, accession number 5-16727, described as burlap panel decorated with seed pod halves or small gourd halves sewn in a pattern with raffia "thread". inside of each pod is white painted.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Decorative burlap panel, accession number 5-16727, described as burlap panel decorated with seed pod halves or small gourd halves sewn in a pattern with raffia "thread". inside of each pod is white painted.

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