Mat/wall decoration

Museum number:
5-16916
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4748
Description:
Mat of sticks woven with twine. Black, yellow, brown, white. Block sewn border. Fringe on bottom. Brown border on top edge. Triangular and dimond patterns.
Donor:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection place:
Korosko Village, Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Egypt, Sudan, Korosko Village
Culture or time period:
Nubian
Collector:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection date:
1964-1965
Materials:
Cotton (textile) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
February 8, 2005
Context of use:
Decorative
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 24 centimeters and length 31 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Mat/wall decoration, accession number 5-16916, described as Mat of sticks woven with twine. Black, yellow, brown, white. Block sewn border. Fringe on bottom. Brown border on top edge. Triangular and dimond patterns.

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