cloth
- Museum number
- Af1855,1220.147
- Description
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Cloth; woven of grass; rectangle of brown cloth with red and beige stripes.
- Production date
- 1820-55 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 127 centimetres
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Width: 70.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1979-1982 Dec-Nov, London, Museum of Mankind (rooms 7 & 9), African Textiles.
1983 Jun-Dec, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, African Textiles.
- Condition
- Fragile; mounted on stiff backing.
- Acquisition date
- 1855
- Acquisition notes
- Af1855,1220.78 to 155 is the group of African material within the large collection of 293 objects which was "Presented by the Lords of the Admiralty through Sir John Liddell, CB (the Museum of Haslar Hospital)" to the BM in 1855. See the entry for Haslar Hospital. When the name of the donor to Haslar is known, it has been recorded on the database. The Hospital was opened in 1762; the museum, containing gifts from members of the Royal Navy, was added in 1827.
This is recorded as coming from "Tamatave, Madagascar, Dr Guland".
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1855,1220.147
- Additional IDs
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Other BM number: Af1855,1220.167 (previously recorded as 167, in error)
