Hammock

Textile

2003-73-17

From: Sierra Leone

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-73-17
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sierra Leone
Section African
Materials Cotton | Wood
Technique Woven | Dyed | Sewn
Description

Hammock woven from seven cotton strips (4.25 in. /10.8cm wide); warp strips in blue, tan, and brown with wider weft stripes approximately 9 in. apart from blue and brown strips; both ends are sewn around wooden rods; heavy cords with loops are attached to each side of rod; the sides are hemmed.

Length 312.4 cm
Width 73.6 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.955 - Other Number

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