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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