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Decorative mat
Object Number 2016.14.45
Display Title Decorative mat
Descriptions
Object Description Decorative mat with 7 narrow brown bands, 7 ties
Inventory Description Mat, cane sticks, fastened with seven rows of dark twisted fiber cordage
Classification
  • Mat
Department Ethnographic
Date 1962-1964 or earlier
Culture
  • Bahima
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Uganda
Additional Geographic Terms Ankole Kingdom
Materials Cane Fiber cord
Dimensions Overall: 48 × 120 × 0.4 cm (18 7/8 × 47 1/4 × 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2016.14.45
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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