cloth;
textile
- Museum number
- Af1999,12.1
- Description
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Textile made of natural-coloured raffia with long fringes on two opposite sides and short fringes on other sides; undecorated.
- Production date
- 1931
- Dimensions
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Length: 66 centimetres (including fringes)
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Width: 69 centimetres (including fringes)
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Good; one hole near side, some damaged threads in one place.
- Acquisition date
- 1999
- Acquisition notes
- Af1999,12.1 to 7 consists of three pieces of raffia cloth and four small wooden figures given by Gloria J Guest. The donation book records that "the collection was made by the donor's father, Mr Arthur Enoch Guest [d.1996], at Kibokolo in Angola in January 1931". Photographs and a typescript relating to this event were also donated (see Erth.Doc.361).
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Af1999,12.1