Mat of woven leaf strips. Chequered and chevron pattern made with natural and pale red coloured leaf with pale red leaf binding around the edges. [BS [OPS Move] 16/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Mat of woven leaf strips. Chequered and chevron pattern made with natural and pale red coloured leaf with pale red leaf binding around the edges. [BS [OPS Move] 16/5/2017]
Geographical reference: India
Asia > Southern Asia > India; Tamil Nadu Madurai
Person: Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Folk-Lore Society
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1950?, uncertain
Date collected: ?1890 - 1950
Acquisition information: Donated: 1965
Materials and processes: Material Plant Leaf, Process Woven, Process Bound, Process Basketry
Dimensions: Width: max 595 mm, Length: max 950 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1965.3.100 Other numbers: D.1900.100b
Research and responses: Madurai, city, south-central Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India; was formerly known as (until 1949) Madura. [Encyclopædia Britannica Online] [CF 2/10/2000]

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