Mat

Museum number:
5-3425
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
B-102 (previous number (Bascom’s number))
Accession number:
Acc.1807
Description:
Raffia Mat, Ibibio. Light ground with a series of lozenge designs; 2 rows of faces; edged wth orange and purple; fringed. 18.5” x 11.75”.
Donor:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Ikot-Ekpene, Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Ikot-Ekpene; Ibibio
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mats (floor coverings)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1963
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Comment:
Slide. PAHMA Storage Loc: U-7-4
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Mat, accession number 5-3425, described as Raffia Mat, Ibibio. Light ground with a series of lozenge designs; 2 rows of faces; edged wth orange and purple; fringed. 18.5” x 11.75”.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Mat, accession number 5-3425, described as Raffia Mat, Ibibio. Light ground with a series of lozenge designs; 2 rows of faces; edged wth orange and purple; fringed. 18.5” x 11.75”.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mat, accession number 5-3425, described as Raffia Mat, Ibibio. Light ground with a series of lozenge designs; 2 rows of faces; edged wth orange and purple; fringed. 18.5” x 11.75”.

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