Mat
- Museum number:
- 5-1727
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21050001727
- Accession number:
- Acc.1332
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Grass mat. Woven by Hutu peasants, worn by Tutsi (Tussi) woman as shield against prying e yes or used a bed cover.
- Donor:
- Ethel M. Albert
- Collection place:
- Rwanda
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Africa: Congo-Rwanda; Hutu or Tutsi
- Culture or time period:
- Hutu
- Materials:
- Grass (plant material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Mats (floor coverings)
- Function:
- 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
- Accession date:
- 1960
- Department:
- Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
- Legacy documentation:
-