Mat
37-22-108
From: Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island
Curatorial Section: African
Object Number | 37-22-108 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Sierra Leone | Sherbro Island |
Section | African |
Materials | Reed (plant) | Grass | Pigment |
Description | Of reed or grass stalks. Twined work [raphia string] with bands of twill weave in which the weft is of raphia. The raphia elements are dyed yellow, red-brown, black; see 37-22-115. Sleeping mat. Kolma= reed, grass; bakla= decorated. |
Length | 76 cm |
Width | 133 cm |
Credit Line | Expedition to Sierra Leone, West Africa; Henry Usher Hall, 1937 |
Other Number | 129 - Collector Number |
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