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Object Number
49-14-50/8339
Display Title
Basketry sleeping mat. Mkeka
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Mkeka
Inventory Description
Woven fiber mat, large, rectangular, folded and sewn edges.
Classification
- Mat
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yao
- Lambia
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Nyasaland
Additional Geographic Terms
Mtimbuka; Fort Johnston, near
Materials
Fiber
Dimensions
Overall: 190 x 28 x 10 cm (74 13/16 x 11 x 3 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49-14-50/8339
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| 49-14-50/8340 | Basketry sleeping mat. Mkeka |
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Ujiji
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| |
| 39-39-50/3667 | Sleeping mat in process of being made with rolled strip attached - natural color |
Mat
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Uganda
| |
| 37-98-70/661 | Sleeping mat of woven straw |
Mat
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| |
| 06-20-70/66692 | Sleeping mat |
Mat
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Zamboanga
| |
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Mat
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Angola
| |
| 988-12-70/5599 | Sleeping mat |
Mat
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Borneo
Borneo | |
| 08-36-70/74119.1 | Sleeping mat, of rattan |
Mat
|
Northern Nueva Vizcaya
Eastern Lepanto | |
| 08-36-70/74119.2 | Sleeping mat, of rattan |
Mat
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Northern Nueva Vizcaya
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