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2012.19.7

Leather cushion. [FB 24/04/2012]

2012.19.7

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Collection type
Object
Description
Leather cushion. [FB 24/04/2012]
Long description
Leather cushion. The cushion is rectangular and is covered with several pieces of leather stitched together with brown cotton thread. The leather is painted with black linear design. Each short side of the cushion has leather tassels decorated with incised geometric designs. The leather is badly cracked. [FB 24/04/2012]
Geographical reference
Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria
Person
Field collector Cecil Hayward
PRM source Alistair Graham Kerr
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1903?, uncertain
Date collected
1903?
Acquisition information
Donated: 27/02/2012
Materials and processes
Material Textile, Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Pigment, Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Stitched, Process Painted, Process Incised
Dimensions
Depth: max 104 mm, Width: max 335 mm, Length: max 188 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 2012.19.7

Search terms: Furniture Dwelling, Cushion

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