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ID number: BIRRC-D0373(1) Institution: Research and Cultural Collections Named collection: Danford Collection of West African Art and Artefacts Title / Object name: Short Length of cloth Object type: Textile
Materials: Raphia cloth Measurements: (1) 60 x 35 cm (2) 22 x 22 cm
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Woven on a single-heddle woman's loom. (1) Unknotted natural raphia warp with green raphia warp stripes. Natural unknotted raphia weft with supplementary weft-float patterns in green raphia. Fringed ends. (2) Unknotted natural and black raphia warp stripes with fringed ends. Unknotted natural and black raphia with supplementary weft-float patterns and fringed edges (no selvedge) bound with a line of grey cotton stitching. Tribal provenance unrecorded.
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