Hammock

2003-59-11

From: Guinea

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-59-11
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Guinea
Section African
Materials Cotton | Wood
Technique Woven | Dyed | Sewn | Non-woven
Description

Hammock made of nine 3 3/4 in. (9.5cm) strips of undyed cotton with blue warp stripes; 14 in. (35.6cm) wooden rods at each end; knotted (un-woven) cord with tassles on both edges and in the center of the bottom side.

Length 167 cm
Width 95.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.440 - Other Number

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