Strips of plant material stitched together to form a rectangular mat. Folded and tied in a roll with a piece of string. [EH [OPS Move] 30/5/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Strips of plant material stitched together to form a rectangular mat. Folded and tied in a roll with a piece of string. [EH [OPS Move] 30/5/2017]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Cultural groups: Igbo; Ibibio
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 Plant Pith, Material String, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Basketry, Process Stitched, Process Bound
Dimensions: Diameter: max 160 mm roll, Width: max 633 mm roll
Object numbers: Accession number: 1942.13.920 Other numbers: 100075

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