Basketry plaque

Museum number:
5-16913
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4748
Description:
Circular basketry plaque (used as a wall decoration). Woven with grass foundation under multi-colored thread (yellow, black, brown, tan). Coiled from center, woven design is in bands and geometric figures (diamonds, triangles, trapezoids). Fabric loop is attached to one edge for hanging.
Donor:
Robert I. Orlins
Collection place:
Sudan
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa, Sudan.
Culture or time period:
Nubian
Collector:
William A. Shack
Collection date:
1964-1965
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Basketry (object genre), Coiled weaving, and Plaques (flat objects)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
February 8, 2005
Context of use:
Household
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
diameter 40 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Basketry plaque, accession number 5-16913, described as Circular basketry plaque (used as a wall decoration). Woven with grass foundation under multi-colored thread (yellow, black, brown, tan). Coiled from center, woven design is in bands and geometric figures (diamonds, triangles, trapezoids). Fabric loop is attached to one edge for hanging.

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