- Collection type
- Object
- Description
- Twill woven rectangular fibre mat. The mat is woven with thick longitudinal strips of brown and pale brown fibre, and thinner stripes of pink, green and light brown. Partially edged with a woven brown strip, stitched on to the main body of the mat. [EH [OPS Move] 28/6/2017]
- Geographical reference
- Date / Period
- Date made: Before 1918
- Date collected
- By 1918
- Acquisition information
- Donated: Donated, uncertain Found unentered: 1945
- Materials and processes
- Material Plant Fibre, Material Pigment, Material Yarn, Process Decorated, Process Woven, Process Basketry, Process Dyed, Process Stitched
- Dimensions
- Depth: max 95 mm roll, Width: max 150 mm roll, Length: max 1035 mm roll
- Object numbers
- Accession number: 1945.11.112
Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Basketry, Mat
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