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Mat
Object Number 95-20-50/49377
Display Title Mat
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mat, rectangular, brown and tan geometric striped design, long fringes of raffia in bands along brown stripes on bottom side
Classification
  • Mat
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Somalia
Materials Fiber, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 187 × 88.6 × 0.4 cm (73 5/8 × 34 7/8 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 95-20-50/49377
Provenance
Donor American Antiquarian Society (1895)

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