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Sleeping mat - red and natural color, diagonal twill weave ("mukeka")
Sleeping mat - red and natural color, diagonal twill weave ("mukeka")
Object Number 39-39-50/4117
Display Title Sleeping mat - red and natural color, diagonal twill weave ("mukeka")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term mukeka
Object Description Sleeping mat - red and natural color, diagonal twill weave ("mukeka")
Inventory Description Mat, red and natural diagonal weave
Classification
  • Mat
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigezi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Fiber, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 204.8 × 83.7 × 0.4 cm (80 5/8 × 32 15/16 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4117

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