Leather cushion possibly for a saddle. One side is made from dyed strips of leather in yellow, turquoise and purple. Fringed tassels at either end. The other side has a turquoise body with cutwork patterns with multi-coloured leather strips visible in the cutwork. Small holes punched around these patterns. [ASh [OPS move] 20/3/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Leather cushion possibly for a saddle. One side is made from dyed strips of leather in yellow, turquoise and purple. Fringed tassels at either end. The other side has a turquoise body with cutwork patterns with multi-coloured leather strips visible in the cutwork. Small holes punched around these patterns. [ASh [OPS move] 20/3/2017]
Geographical reference: Mali
Africa > Western Africa > Mali
Person: Field collector Samuel Peach Powell; PRM source Samuel Peach Powell
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1940
Date collected: By 1940
Acquisition information: Loaned: 1940
Materials and processes: Material Goat Skin Animal, Material Pigment, Process Stitched, Process Dyed, Process Punched, Process Cutwork
Dimensions: Length: max 950 mm including fringe, Depth: max 29 mm, Width: max 396 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1940.7.0212

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