Mat constructed from brown plant fibre strips, stitched together with several rows of yarn. The plant fibre strips have been folded back on themselves along the long edges to create a neat edge. Rolled for storage, and tied with string. [EH [OPS Move] 28/6/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Mat constructed from brown plant fibre strips, stitched together with several rows of yarn. The plant fibre strips have been folded back on themselves along the long edges to create a neat edge. Rolled for storage, and tied with string. [EH [OPS Move] 28/6/2017]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa; Unknown
Cultural groups: Nguni
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Possibly before 1878
Date collected: ?Prior to 1878
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Material Yarn, Process Woven, Process Basketry, Process Stitched
Dimensions: Length: max 1100 mm roll, Width: max 95 mm roll, Depth: max 80 mm roll
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.46.4
Research and responses: It is not known what the section title in the Green book 'objects returned to collection at BG Museum' refers to, but it suggests that the object had previously been at Bethnal Green, removed by PR and then returned [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]