Mat or wall decoration

Museum number:
5-16918
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Accession number:
Acc.4748
Description:
Small woven mat as wall decoration formed from small sticks, woven with thread into 3 panels. Each panel alternates 2.5 cm sections of tan, red, and yellow in the center of which is woven a diamond (black) edged with white in the red and tan sections, red edged with blue in the yellow section. Sections divided into 7 narrow bands, bottom edge finished with long (8-8.5 cm) fringes. One section is broken after 4 repeats and has no fringe. 2 sections have 5 repeats and fringe.
Donor:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection place:
Tomas Village, Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Sudan, Tomas Village.
Culture or time period:
Nubian
Collector:
William A. Shack
Collection date:
1964-1965
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
February 8, 2005
Context of use:
Decorative
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
length 19 centimeters and width 22 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mat or wall decoration, accession number 5-16918, described as Small woven mat as wall decoration formed from small sticks, woven with thread into 3 panels. Each panel alternates 2.5 cm sections of tan, red, and yellow in the center of which is woven a diamond (black) edged with white in the red and tan sections, red edged with blue in the yellow section. Sections divided into 7 narrow bands, bottom edge finished with long (8-8.5 cm) fringes. One section is broken after 4 repeats and has no fringe. 2 sections have 5 repeats and fringe.

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