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1993.40.17

Length of braided camelid fibre, possibly for a sling made using brown, black and white wool. [SM 07/02/2007]

1993.40.17

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Collection type
Object
Description
Length of braided camelid fibre, possibly for a sling made using brown, black and white wool. [SM 07/02/2007]
Person
Field collector Philla Davis
PRM source Hereford City Museum
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1993
Date collected
By 1993
Acquisition information
Transferred: 09/1993
Materials and processes
Material Camelid Wool Yarn Animal, Process Braided
Dimensions
Width: max 10 mm, Length: max 920 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1993.40.17
Research and responses

For biographical information on the collector Philla Davis, see 'Philla Davis: Traveller, Collector, and Craftworker', by Andrew West, in Indonesia Circle, no. 69 (1996), and 'A Travelling Basketmaker and More: Philla Davis', by Andrew West, in Folk Life, Vol. XXXIV (1995/1996), pages 100-104 (copies in RDF). [MdeA 23/11/99; JC 5 5 2004]

Search terms: Textile, Weapon, Braid, Sling

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