pattern-sheet
- Museum number
- Af1939,07.35
- Description
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Pattern-sheet; drawn on paper; rectangular piece of paper, mounted on canvas backing, drawn with coloured geometric designs.
- Dimensions
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Height: 92.50 centimetres (framed)
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Height: 69 centimetres
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Width: 126.50 centimetres (framed)
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Width: 102 centimetres
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Depth: 2.50 centimetres (framed)
- Curator's comments
- Register 1939:
'Specimens of designs used by the Moslem Nupes of Bida, n. Nigeria for illuminating manuscripts and Korans: each design is understood to have its individual meaning.'
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2015-2016 16 Oct - 16 Feb, London, British Library, West Africa: Word, Symbol, Song
- Acquisition date
- 1939
- Acquisition notes
- Collected by donor in northern Nigeria between 1909 and 1934.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1939,07.35
