Wall decoration or mat

Museum number:
5-16886
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Accession number:
Acc.4748
Description:
Round wall decoration or mat formed from 12 Players Navy Cut cigarette packages. Boxes have been trimmed to allow the formation of a circle which is sewn together at the centre with white thread leaving a 6 cm circular opening in the centre. Boxes feature a British sailor portrait encircled by a life preserver ring in which the brand name is printed.
Donor:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection place:
Korosko Village, Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Nubia, Korosko village.
Culture or time period:
Nubian
Collector:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection date:
1964-1965
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
February 8, 2005
Context of use:
Decorative
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 19.5 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Wall decoration or mat, accession number 5-16886, described as Round wall decoration or mat formed from 12 Players Navy Cut cigarette packages. Boxes have been trimmed to allow the formation of a circle which is sewn together at the centre with white thread leaving a 6 cm circular opening in the centre. Boxes feature a British sailor portrait encircled by a life preserver ring in which the brand name is printed.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Wall decoration or mat, accession number 5-16886, described as Round wall decoration or mat formed from 12 Players Navy Cut cigarette packages. Boxes have been trimmed to allow the formation of a circle which is sewn together at the centre with white thread leaving a 6 cm circular opening in the centre. Boxes feature a British sailor portrait encircled by a life preserver ring in which the brand name is printed.

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