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Bundle of red and black dyed reeds used in making 50/11981. Length 40 cm
Bundle of red and black dyed reeds used in making 50/11981. Length 40 cm
Object Number 976-31-50/11982
Display Title Bundle of red and black dyed reeds used in making 50/11981. Length 40 cm
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bundle of reeds, pigmented, tied with multi-colored cloth strip
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Floral
Department Ethnographic
Date 1959
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Additional Geographic Terms Ososo, Kukuruku; Northwest Edo
Materials Vegetable fiber, Pigment, Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 42 x 3.8 x 4 cm (16 9/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 976-31-50/11982
Provenance
Collector Philip Dark (1959)

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Image Not Available for Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
2010.2.2.5.110.1 Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
Peru
Image Not Available for Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
2010.2.2.5.110.2 Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
Peru
Image Not Available for Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
2010.2.2.5.110.3 Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
Peru
Image Not Available for Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
2010.2.2.5.110.4 Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
Peru
Image Not Available for Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
2010.2.2.5.110.5 Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
Peru
Image Not Available for Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
2010.2.2.5.110.6 Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
Peru
Image Not Available for Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
2010.2.2.5.110.7 Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
Peru
Image Not Available for Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
2010.2.2.5.110.8 Closeups of Reed bundle and rope roof construction from a looted grave at T540336, Chao. Note particularly how ropes are looped around reeds set in perpendicular rows. T540336
Peru