Hammock

2003-63-174

From: Liberia

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-63-174
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Liberia
Section African
Materials Grass Fiber
Technique Woven | Twisted | Braided
Description

Made of twisted grass fiber held in place by three rows of weaving at irregular intervals; held together at both ends by loops of braided grass fiber; braided grass fiber ropes attached at both ends. World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893.

Length 371.6 cm
Width 17.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1894.1.49 - Other Number

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