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Object Number
39-39-50/4119
Display Title
Sleeping mat - twined weave ("nyagamu")
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
nyagamu
Object Description
Sleeping mat - twined weave ("nyaguma")
Inventory Description
Mat, natural with black fiber pattern
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
Dimensions
Overall: 85.5 x 0.6 cm (33 11/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
39-39-50/4119
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