shelter
- Museum number
- As1933,0715.263
- Description
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Rainshield made from overlapping orange-brown leaves sewn together with slivers of wood (?) or bamboo (?); attached to bamboo frame with fibre.
- Production date
- 19thC(late)-20thC(early)
- Dimensions
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Height: 85 centimetres
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Weight: 1260 grammes
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Width: 47 centimetres
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Depth: 5 centimetres (measurements when folded)
- Curator's comments
- Large Collections Register: 'Leaf rainshield: the leaves overlapping and sewn with sections of stem; bamboo framework. "Moro".'
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1933
- Acquisition notes
- The Large Collections Register notes that this collection was acquired by Rai Bahadur Hira Lal (q.v.) in or before 1914.
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- As1933,0715.263
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 179 (List Number)