Mat made of a rods laid close together crossways, being kept in their position by sixteen cords running lengthways. [JFK 25/10/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Mat made of a rods laid close together crossways, being kept in their position by sixteen cords running lengthways. [JFK 25/10/2017]
Long description: Mat made of a round tough rush resembling wicker rods laid close together crossways, being kept in their position by sixteen cords running lengthways at about 3.5 inches apart, each rush being split for the cords to pass through, the cords not being visible but at the two ends of the matting. Each rod is darker at one end than at the other and have been laid accordingly to give a striped pattern. [JFK 25/10/2017]
Geographical reference: South Africa
Africa > Southern Africa > South Africa
Cultural groups: Khoe-San; Khoikhoi
Person: Other owner Anna Burchell; Field collector William John Burchell; PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: On or before 1815
Date collected: ?1810 - 1815
Acquisition information: Transferred: 19/04/1886
Materials and processes: Material Plant Fibre, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Material Pigment, Process Stitched, Process Basketry, Process Twisted, Process Dyed
Dimensions: Width: max 1450 mm, Length: max 2135 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1886.1.650 Other numbers: 650
Research and responses: William John Burchell was collecting in southern Africa between 1810 - 1815 and in South America between 1826 - 1829, see Biographies file for further information [AP 20/1/99]