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Object Number 998-15-50/12847
Display Title Strip woven hammock
Descriptions
Object Description Strip woven hammock with blue and black bands and diamonds. The cotton cloth is made of three woven strips stitched in a running stitch with a 3 ply S handspun undyed cotton cord. Each strip is approximately 18. to 18.5 cm wide in yarns natural (undyed), and yarns dyed black, coral and blue. Structure: weft-faced plain weave with supplementary weft patterning; paired warps with tripled warps. Knotted and tasseled decoration at sides.
Inventory Description Woven hammock, narrow, banded and geometric designs, multi-colored, fringed
Classification
  • Hammock
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Date 1911-1916 ca.
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Africa / Sierra Leone
Dimensions Overall: 110 x 56 x 1.1 cm (43 5/16 x 22 1/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 998-15-50/12847
Credit Line Gift of Monni Adams
Provenance
Provenance Manchester City Library
Collector Reed Paige Clark (1911-1916 ca.)
Dealer Norman Hurst
Donor Dr. Monni Adams (7/22/98)

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