Mat

2003-76-6

From: Zanzibar | Tanzania

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-76-6
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Swahili Cluster
Provenience Zanzibar | Tanzania
Date Made 1895-1920 CE
Section African
Materials Palm Leaf Fiber
Description

Plant fiber mat with dark and light fibers forming a geometric design. Oblong shape. Reverse has uncut fibers extending out from the mat.

Length 254 cm
Width 105 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003

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