cloth
- Museum number
- Af1855,1220.149
- Description
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Cloth; woven of rofas leaf; rectangle of beige woven cloth.
- Production date
- 1820-55 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Length: 54.50 centimetres
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Width: 38.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Term "rofas" (leaf) not identified.
- Location
- Not on display
- 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 and no.146 are recorded on the slip as "Specimens of cloth manufactured from the leaf of the Rofaes by the Malagache, Dr Guland".
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1855,1220.149
