Palm leaf house ornament, cut to create open decorative designs. The designs are in the form two parallel rows of five-petalled flowers, folded in half so one row is on top of the other. [JC [OPS Move] 25/1/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Palm leaf house ornament, cut to create open decorative designs. The designs are in the form two parallel rows of five-petalled flowers, folded in half so one row is on top of the other. [JC [OPS Move] 25/1/2017]
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 815 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.904 Other numbers: 120696

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