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Object Number 2016.14.48
Display Title Decorative mat
Descriptions
Object Description Decorative mat with 3 panels of geometric patterns and narrow brown border bands
Inventory Description Mat, cane sticks, held together with five rows of black fiber, three rows of 5 cm width, linear patterns, pink stitching, triangles, on two ends
Classification
  • Mat
Department Ethnographic
Date 1962-1964 or earlier
Culture
  • Bahima
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Ankole Kingdom
Dimensions Overall: 42 × 40 × 0.6 cm (16 9/16 × 15 3/4 × 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2016.14.48
Credit Line Gift of Elizabeth Hopkins
Provenance
Collector Dr. Elizabeth Hopkins (1962-1964)
Donor Donated by Dr. Elizabeth Hopkins (6/30/2016)

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