Coaster

Museum number:

5-16715c

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Alternate number:

516715

Description:

set of 5 leather coasters. red-brown leather decorated with raffia and paint forming 2 bands of of 3 circles each; black center and edge. hard care material over which leather has been stretched and glued. Conservation: Edges slightly worn.

Collection place:

Nigeria

Verbatim coll. place:

W. Africa, Nigeria

Collector:

Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom

Materials:

Leather, Paint (coating), and Raffia (fiber)

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Coasters (containers)

Function:

1.5 Household

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)