Woven mats

Maker
Unknown Maker
Description
Eleven circular mats made of plant fibre woven around a central stem. Made of rafia palm leaves and vegetable dye called feifei. Basic colours are red/brown, green and black.
Five small mats, three medium and two large mats.
 See full details

Object detail

Maker
Media/Materials
Natural fibre wrapped around a cane[?] centre.
Measurements
.1; diameter; 150mm (5 7/8")
.2; diameter; 160mm (6 5/16")
.3; diameter; 157mm (6 3/16")
.4; diameter; 135mm (5 5/16")
.5; diameter; 150mm (5 7/8")
.6; diameter; 215mm (8 7/16")
.7; diameter; 215mm (8 7/16")
.8; diameter; 218mm (8 9/16")
.9; diameter; 255mm (10 1/16")
.10; diameter; 360mm (14 3/16")
.11; diameter; 280mm (11")
Production place
Nigeria
Collection
Ethnology
Department collection type
Ethnology
Credit line
Collection of Waikato Museum Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
Accession number
1972/118/13.1-11

Share

My shortlist

Classification

Subject auto tags

Explore other objects by colour

Public comments

Be the first to comment on this object record.

Google reCaptchaThis site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.