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Object Number
39-39-50/4116
Display Title
Door mat for shutting off bed, "mugagu"
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
mugagu
Inventory Description
Mat, woven vegetable fiber, dark brown and natural, twisted fringe at ends
Classification
- Mat
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Uganda
/
Western Province
/
Kigezi
/
Nyakabande
Additional Geographic Terms
Lake Mutanda, near
Materials
Vegetable fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 55.5 cm (6 11/16 x 21 7/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-39-50/4116
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