Cut palm leaf. Perforated to create decorative designs, the designs are in the form of two parallel rows of triangular shapes with concave edges, rhombuses, teardrop shapes triangles and crescent shapes. [AB [OPS Move] 24/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Cut palm leaf. Perforated to create decorative designs, the designs are in the form of two parallel rows of triangular shapes with concave edges, rhombuses, teardrop shapes triangles and crescent shapes. [AB [OPS Move] 24/1/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Cultural groups: Igbo
Person: Field collector Mervyn David Waldegrave Jeffreys; PRM source Wellcome Historical Medical Museum
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1942
Date collected: By 1942
Acquisition information: Donated: 1942
Materials and processes: Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Cutwork
Dimensions: Width: max 90 mm, Length: max 930 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.876 Other numbers: 120696

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