Cut palm leaf. Perforated to create decorative designs, the designs are in the form of triangles in a row with a smaller row of rhombuses in the middle. The leaf is folded along its length. [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 triangles in a row with a smaller row of rhombuses in the middle. The leaf is folded along its length. [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 45 mm, Length: max 725 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.888 Other numbers: 120696

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