Textile

Museum number:
5-15404
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4179
Description:
Bed enclosure or mosquito net, "kereka". 6 lengths of warp decorated with matching brocaded geometric designs in brown, white, black and yellow. Handsewn together. A terminal length has alternating black and white bars with some brown and yellow bars interspersed. 4 leather loops attached to 1 side for hanging. Appears to be used, small repaired sections near edge. 161.5 centimeters by 368 centimeters including short unfinished fringe. From Mali, Fulani (Peul peoples). Materials and techniques: handspun natural dyed single and 2-ply wool, 2-ply cotton, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft, weft face weave, overlay brocade patterning. Context of use: donor notes textile is Fulani, used by women, Kereka is suspended over the bed in a tent-like fashion, woven by Maboube (weaving caste) living in the inland delta of the Niger river.
Donor:
Alvin Bennett Rutner and Phyllis Ross Rutner
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Mali; Gulani (Peul) peoples
Culture or time period:
Peulh Tribe
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-15404, described as Bed enclosure or mosquito net, "kereka". 6 lengths of warp decorated with matching brocaded geometric designs in brown, white, black and yellow. Handsewn together. A terminal length has alternating black and white bars with some brown and yellow bars interspersed. 4 leather loops attached to 1 side for hanging. Appears to be used, small repaired sections near edge. 161.5 centimeters by 368 centimeters including short unfinished fringe. From Mali, Fulani (Peul peoples). Materials and techniques: handspun natural dyed single and 2-ply wool, 2-ply cotton, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft, weft face weave, overlay brocade patterning. Context of use: donor notes textile is Fulani, used by women, Kereka is suspended over the bed in a tent-like fashion, woven by Maboube (weaving caste) living in the inland delta of the Niger river.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-15404, described as Bed enclosure or mosquito net, "kereka". 6 lengths of warp decorated with matching brocaded geometric designs in brown, white, black and yellow. Handsewn together. A terminal length has alternating black and white bars with some brown and yellow bars interspersed. 4 leather loops attached to 1 side for hanging. Appears to be used, small repaired sections near edge. 161.5 centimeters by 368 centimeters including short unfinished fringe. From Mali, Fulani (Peul peoples). Materials and techniques: handspun natural dyed single and 2-ply wool, 2-ply cotton, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft, weft face weave, overlay brocade patterning. Context of use: donor notes textile is Fulani, used by women, Kereka is suspended over the bed in a tent-like fashion, woven by Maboube (weaving caste) living in the inland delta of the Niger river.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-15404, described as Bed enclosure or mosquito net, "kereka". 6 lengths of warp decorated with matching brocaded geometric designs in brown, white, black and yellow. Handsewn together. A terminal length has alternating black and white bars with some brown and yellow bars interspersed. 4 leather loops attached to 1 side for hanging. Appears to be used, small repaired sections near edge. 161.5 centimeters by 368 centimeters including short unfinished fringe. From Mali, Fulani (Peul peoples). Materials and techniques: handspun natural dyed single and 2-ply wool, 2-ply cotton, cotton warp, wool and cotton weft, weft face weave, overlay brocade patterning. Context of use: donor notes textile is Fulani, used by women, Kereka is suspended over the bed in a tent-like fashion, woven by Maboube (weaving caste) living in the inland delta of the Niger river.

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