Hammock

2003-73-18

From: Sierra Leone

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-73-18
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sierra Leone
Section African
Materials Raphia
Technique Woven | Braided | Dyed
Description

Rectangular black and tan hammock with eleven braided sections in the warp direction and twelve woven sections each 7/8 in. (2.3cm) wide in the weft; black tassels attached at either end and in the center of each woven weft section; 12 in. (30.5cm) fringe forms long loops at both ends of hammock.

Length 224.5 cm
Width 85 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.439 - Other Number

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