Carrying-sling made of dark brown plaited cane strips and used for carrying pots. [JMC 14/8/2019]

Collection type: Object
Description: Carrying-sling made of dark brown plaited cane strips and used for carrying pots. [JMC 14/8/2019]
Long description: Carrying-sling made of dark brown plaited cane strips and used for carrying pots. The sling comprises six plaited strips, which split to form a cradle for the pot and six long fringes of cane strips which are bound at the top with brown and black plant fibre string. The plaited strips are tied and bound together at the top of the sling. Beneath the cradle the cane is gathered into an ornamental, cylindrical terminal, bound just above with brown and black plant fibre string. [JMC 14/8/2019]
Geographical reference: Nigeria
Africa > Western Africa > Nigeria; Lagos
Person: Field collector John Smalman Smith; PRM source Sarah Sophia Smalman Smith
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1913
Date collected: By 1913
Acquisition information: Donated: 1913 Found unentered: 14/08/2019
Materials and processes: Material Cane Plant, Material Plant Fibre, Material Palm Leaf Plant, Process Plaited, Process Bound
Dimensions: Diameter: max 90 mm approx, Length: max 1170 mm approx
Object numbers: Accession number: 2019.25.1