tapestry
- Museum number
- Am,+.7512
- Description
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Textile fragment with fringe; portion of tunic(?); cotton warps and camelid wefts; slit tapestry with long slits sewn closed; main portion features checkerboard pattern, each containing a rodent-like creature with long tongue and tail; lower border section features interlocked bird design; fringe sewn along bottom edge; plain weave; cotton warps with camelid wefts extended and looped to make fringe; dark brown, tan, cream, pink.
- Production date
- 900-1430
- Dimensions
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Length: 36 centimetres (+4cm fringe)
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Width: 42.50 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1892
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am,+.7512
- Additional IDs
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CDMS number: Am1892C2.7512 (old CDMS no.)