tapestry
- Museum number
- 2010,2004.1
- Title
- Object: Bamboo
- Description
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Tapestry with unbleached cotton warp and twisted fringes at both short ends. Landscape design with lake or pond, numerous birds, bamboo, trees and flowers worked in green, brown, white, blue and red-brown cotton thread coloured using natural dyes. Design set against blue background throughout.
- Production date
- 2008
- Dimensions
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Length: 95 centimetres (including fringes)
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Width: 58 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- This tapestry was completed over a period of four months in 2008.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Excellent.
- Acquisition date
- 2010 (7 February)
- Acquisition notes
- This tapestry was collected by Jonathan King during a private visit to the Ramses Wissa Wassef Art Centre on 7 February 2010.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- 2010,2004.1
