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1906.30.9

Square of mat-work showing purple plain woven plaiting technique. [BS [OPS Move] 22/6/2017]


1906.30.9

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Collection type
Object
Description
Square of mat-work showing purple plain woven plaiting technique. [BS [OPS Move] 22/6/2017]
Long description
Square of mat-work showing plain woven plaiting technique. Varying shades of purple and undyed strips of plant fibre are regularly dispersed in a diffused chequer pattern on one side, the other side is undyed. Edged with red textile and clamped together with [1906.30.3 - .9] [BS [OPS Move] 22/6/2017]
Person
Field collector Laura Emily Bland
PRM source Laura Emily Bland
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1906
Date collected
By 1906
Acquisition information
Donated: 1906
Materials and processes
Material Plant Fibre Textile, Material Textile, Material Pigment, Process Plaited, Process Basketry, Process Woven, Process Stitched, Process Dyed
Dimensions
Length: max 267 mm, Depth: max 4 mm, Width: max 267 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1906.30.9

Search terms: Specimen, Basketry, Technique, Textile, Mat