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Mat

Shape: Long oval with almost straight long sides Weave: Diagonally woven in twill weave and composed of long strips Pattern: These long strips are natural with brown diagonal stripes. Brown fringed Colour: Natural yellow, brown Condition: Slight deformations due to former folded storage. Minor breaks in the material

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Swahîli
Object type
Mat
Dimensions
Height: 244 cm
Width: 87 cm
Material/Technique
Palm leaf (Senegal date, Phoenix reclinata)
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III E 4424

Provenance and sources

when
19th century (end)
where
Tanzania [Land/Region]
Muoa (Moa), north of Tanga, near Wanga
who
Swahîli
who
Bruno Antelmann - Former Possessors
B. Hindorf - Collectors

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