sash
- Museum number
- Am1978,15.231.b
- Description
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Man's sash; double-woven on backstrap loom with acrylic yarn; red and black star or flower design; warp threads braided into tassels at both ends.
- Production date
- 1970s
- Dimensions
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Length: 102 centimetres
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Width: 6 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
Items a-f were used to create an "idol" for exhibition at the Horniman Museum, London and then purchased by the British Museum.
- Acquisition date
- 1978
- Acquisition notes
- Objects collected during the 1970s by Chloë Sayer and Marcos Ortiz. They were exhibited in 1977-1978 at the Horniman Museum, and later acquired by the British Museum.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Am1978,15.231.b