Doll's mat

Museum number:
5-11675
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011675
Accession number:
Acc.2896
Description:
Doll's mat, Mali, Menaka region, Oulliminden Tuareg. October, 1972. 5-11675, acc no. 2896, file code 6.2. Collector: Susan E. Smith. Donor: Susan E. Smith. Materials, techniques: straw, leather Context of use: Replica (miniature) used as sleeping mat for dolls, cut out from actual mat. See 11-11673 for description of how full size mats are used. Description: Doll's mat; straw twigs twined together with leather strips; 10 x 13.5 cm.
Donor:
Susan E. Smith
Collection place:
Menaka area, Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Mali; Oulliminden Tuareg
Culture or time period:
Tuareg
Collector:
Susan E. Smith
Collection date:
October, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dolls (figurines), Miniature (size attribute), and Twined weaving
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Doll's mat, accession number 5-11675, described as Doll's mat, Mali, Menaka region, Oulliminden Tuareg. October, 1972. 5-11675, acc no. 2896, file code 6.2. Collector: Susan E. Smith. Donor: Susan E. Smith. Materials, techniques: straw, leather Context of use: Replica (miniature) used as sleeping mat for dolls, cut out from actual mat. See 11-11673 for description of how full size mats are used. Description: Doll's mat; straw twigs twined together with leather strips; 10 x 13.5 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Doll's mat, accession number 5-11675, described as Doll's mat, Mali, Menaka region, Oulliminden Tuareg. October, 1972. 5-11675, acc no. 2896, file code 6.2. Collector: Susan E. Smith. Donor: Susan E. Smith. Materials, techniques: straw, leather Context of use: Replica (miniature) used as sleeping mat for dolls, cut out from actual mat. See 11-11673 for description of how full size mats are used. Description: Doll's mat; straw twigs twined together with leather strips; 10 x 13.5 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Doll's mat, accession number 5-11675, described as Doll's mat, Mali, Menaka region, Oulliminden Tuareg. October, 1972. 5-11675, acc no. 2896, file code 6.2. Collector: Susan E. Smith. Donor: Susan E. Smith. Materials, techniques: straw, leather Context of use: Replica (miniature) used as sleeping mat for dolls, cut out from actual mat. See 11-11673 for description of how full size mats are used. Description: Doll's mat; straw twigs twined together with leather strips; 10 x 13.5 cm.

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