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Piece of red and black matting with fringes. Length: 515 cm
Piece of red and black matting with fringes. Length: 515 cm
Object Number 976-31-50/11981
Display Title Piece of red and black matting with fringes. Length: 515 cm
Descriptions
Object Description Piece of red and black matting with fringes, length 515 cm.
Inventory Description Woven textile, long two-tone woven fiber mat, zig-zag design, fringed ends
Classification
  • Woven
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1959
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms Ososo, Kukuruku; Northwest Edo
Materials Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 515 x 8.2 x 0.1 cm (202 3/4 x 3 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 976-31-50/11981
Provenance
Collector Philip Dark (1959)

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