Raffia runner

Museum number:

5-7222

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Alternate number:

40 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.2438

Description:

raffia runner; warp face weave; narrow green and purple stripes; ends sewn w/ beige and black yarn; fringed. 158 x 26 cms.

Donor:

LeRoy M. Law

Collection place:

Nigeria

Verbatim coll. place:

Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba

Culture or time period:

Yoruba

Collector:

LeRoy M. Law

Collection date:

before 1968

Materials:

Raffia (fiber)

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions

Accession date:

1968

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Dimensions:

width 26 centimeters and length 158 centimeters

Comment:

(Murdock 31:31); part of African Art teaching set; to be used as traveling teaching exhibit for Bay area schools

Loans:

S1968-1969 #125: Richmond High School (May 26, 1969–June 9, 1969), S1968-1969 #126: John F. Kennedy High School/Harry j. Reynolds (June 9, 1969–unknown), S1969-1970 #107: Dover Elementary School (April 10, 1970–April 13, 1970), S1969-1970 #108: Manzanita Elementary School/Leon Washington (April 14, 1970–April 20, 1970), S1969-1970 #127: Martin Luther King Jr. High School (May 26, 1970–May 28, 1970), S1969-1970 #23: Richmond High School (September 18, 1969–October 6, 1969), S1969-1970 #35: Berkeley High School (October 13, 1969–October 17, 1969), S1969-1970 #48: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (November 7, 1969–November 12, 1969), S1969-1970 #61: San Francisco Teaching Corps Project/Avery T. Allen (November 24, 1969–November 26, 1969), S1969-1970 #80: Mission High School (February 5, 1970–February 24, 1970), S1969-1970 #95: Manzanita Elementary School/Leon Washington (March 10, 1970–March 13, 1970), S1969-1970 #97: KQED Television (March 23, 1970–March 25, 1972), S1970-1971 #30: Hayward HIgh School/Mary Thomas (October 14, 1970–October 30, 1970), S1970-1971 #55: Valley View Intermediate School/Kay Derrico (November 18, 1970–November 25, 1970), S1970-1971 #57: Luther Burbank Jr. High School/Kathy Bennett (November 30, 1970–December 4, 1970), S1970-1971 #59: Vallejo Senior High School/Charlotte Echeverria (December 7, 1970–December 14, 1970), S1970-1971 #77: Mission High School/Minerva Barranco (February 4, 1971–February 11, 1971), S1970-1971 #91: Far Western Anthropological Research Group, Inc./Betty Ng (March 1, 1971–March 5, 1971), S1971-1972 #107: Jefferson High School/Marie Perucca (March 6, 1972–March 11, 1972), S1971-1972 #119: Ravenswood School District/Jeannetta Dean (March 27, 1972–April 7, 1972), S1971-1972 #125: Webster School/Michael Powell (April 17, 1972–April 21, 1972), S1971-1972 #43: A. E. Kent Middle School/James King (November 1, 1971–November 8, 1971), S1971-1972 #49: Martin Luther King Jr. High School /Lou Sarna (November 9, 1971–November 22, 1971), S1971-1972 #75: Sleepy Hollow Elementary School (January 20, 1972–January 31, 1972), S1971-1972 #88: Cambridge Elementary School/Johnnie Hall (February 4, 1972–February 11, 1972), and S1971-1972 #91: Marin School/Meiling Shiroishi (February 14, 1972–February 18, 1972)

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