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Object Number 998-26-50/12953
Display Title Tent ceiling mat
Descriptions
Object Description Tent ceiling mat with geometric decoration and leather fringes
Inventory Description Mat, sticks woven w/ cotton and plastic string, w/hide geo design, fringe 1 end
Classification
  • Mat
Department Ethnographic
Date 20th century
Culture
  • Tuareg
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Additional Geographic Terms North Africa
Dimensions Overall: 81.28 x 39.8 x 0.8 cm (32 x 15 11/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 998-26-50/12953
Credit Line Gift of Mark S. Rapoport, MD, School of Public Health '73, and Jane C. Hughes, Radcliffe '67
Provenance
Collector Mark S. Rapoport (1990 or later - 12/28/98)
Donor Mark S. Rapoport (1990 or later - 12/28/98)

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