Banana leaf mat. Kitefu

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Object Number 49-14-50/7977

Display Title Banana leaf mat. Kitefu

Descriptions

Indigenous Term Kitefu

Inventory Description Mat, parallel bundles of leaves bound withvegetable fiber cord, clipp'd edge

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Misuku

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa / Nyasaland

Additional Geographic Terms Misuku Mountains; Wilindi Forest, near

Materials Vegetable fiber, Leaf

Dimensions Overall: 111 x 60.5 x 0.6 cm (43 11/16 x 23 13/16 x 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 49-14-50/7977

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
49-14-50/7976	Banana leaf mat. Kitefu	Mat	Nyasaland
49-14-50/7982	Banana leaf mat. Kitefu	Mat	Nyasaland
49-14-50/7974	Child's mat. Kitefu	Mat	Nyasaland
49-14-50/7975	Child's banana leaf mat. Kitefu	Mat	Nyasaland
49-14-50/7981	Banana leaf mat. Kitefu	Mat	Nyasaland
49-14-50/7980	Banana leaf mat. Kitefu	Mat	Nyasaland
49-14-50/7979	Banana leaf mat. Kitefu	Mat	Nyasaland
49-14-50/7978	Banana leaf mat. Kitefu	Mat	Nyasaland
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40-12-70/1882	Woman's sitting mat & rain cape - pandanus leaf stitched along edge +	Mat	Bougainville Island
39-17-70/1143	Child's pandanus leaf rain hood and sleeping mat	Mat	Sanke Doek
39-17-70/1144	Pandanus leaf sleeping mat	Mat	Sanke Doek

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