Sleeping mat

Museum number:
5-13126
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050013126
Description:
Ichang., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13126, acc no. 3174. File code: 4.1 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Made from leaves of Duom Palm- colored elements are dyed black by boiling in water with leaves of Maut plant. Context of use: Made by women and used by all for sleeping mat- placed on top of bed. Most common pattern is zig-zag representing track of a snake or track of small animal cross-hatch. Description: Mat- Duom palm leaves woven in plate weave with alternating dark and light elements producing a zig-zag pattern. No dark elements in border. (10 cm) L. 220 cm/ w=92.5 cm.
Collection place:
Basuba, Kenya
Verbatim coll. place:
Kenya, Basuba, Boni
Culture or time period:
Aweer people
Collector:
Jean Colvin
Collection date:
August, 1975
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sleeping mat, accession number 5-13126, described as Ichang., Kenya, Basuba, Boni. August, 1975. 5-13126, acc no. 3174. File code: 4.1 Collector: Jean Colvin. Donor: University appropriation. Materials, techniques: Made from leaves of Duom Palm- colored elements are dyed black by boiling in water with leaves of Maut plant. Context of use: Made by women and used by all for sleeping mat- placed on top of bed. Most common pattern is zig-zag representing track of a snake or track of small animal cross-hatch. Description: Mat- Duom palm leaves woven in plate weave with alternating dark and light elements producing a zig-zag pattern. No dark elements in border. (10 cm) L. 220 cm/ w=92.5 cm.

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