Elaborately ornamented leather cushion. [BS [OPS move] 18/10/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Elaborately ornamented leather cushion. [BS [OPS move] 18/10/2017]
Long description: Elaborately ornamented leather cushion. Circular cushion edged all around with long multicoloured leather fringing, some wider and with applied leather decoration. One side of the cushion features an elaborate design of applied leather and metal components with embroider decoration in a central cross design made up of white strips with squares, triangles and circles. The opposite side has a red ground with linear and triangular designs painted and tooled in black. [BS [OPS move] 18/10/2017]
Geographical reference: Niger
Africa > Western Africa > Niger; Aïr massif Agadès
Cultural groups: Tuareg Berber
Person: Field collector Francis James Rennell Rodd; Field collector Buchanan-Rodd Expedition; PRM source Francis James Rennell Rodd
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1922
Date collected: 1922
Acquisition information: Donated: 1923
Materials and processes: Material Animal Leather Skin, Material Metal, Process Decorated, Process Stitched, Process Dyed, Process Cutwork, Process Painted, Process Tooled, Process Embroidered
Dimensions: Length: max 1220 mm, Width: max 1230 mm, Depth: max 60 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1923.36.20

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