Pieces of black thread for making a tassel for a chechia (felted hat).

Collection type: Object
Description: Pieces of black thread for making a tassel for a chechia (felted hat).
Long description: Pieces of black thread for making a tassel for a chechia (felted hat). Part of a set of materials for chechia-making. For the other parts see 2018.37.117 .1 - .6.
Geographical reference: Tunisia
Africa > Northern Africa > Tunisia; Niger
Africa > Western Africa > Niger
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Jenny Balfour-Paul; PRM source Jenny Balfour-Paul
Date / Period: Date made: 1995
Date collected: 1995
Acquisition information: Donated: 03/03/2016
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre Textile, Process Plaited, Process Twisted
Dimensions: Length 460 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 2018.37.117.7 Other numbers: T4
Research and responses: The Jenny Balfour-Paul collection [2018.37] was extensively researched and studied as part of the Multaka Oxford Project. The Multaka Oxford project is an inclusive volunteering programme using the collections as a springboard for intercultural dialogue about cultural heritage delivered jointly by the Pitt Rivers Museum and the History of Science Museum, University of Oxford. Any inout from Multaka volunteers have been included as project notes on the database records for specific objects. [FB 26/1/2021]
For three photographs of chechia-making, taken by Jenny Balfour-Paul in Tunis in 1995 see 2018.137.1900-.1902. [Joanna Cole 25/11/2022].

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