Decorative pillow

Museum number:
5-15620
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4556
Object count:
1
Description:
Bustle," cloth-covered. Crescent shaped, tubular, trade cloth-covered, straw-filled dance paraphernalia. (Dark gray floral print trade cloth probably from Angola). Blue cloth ties at each end. Tuft of coarse string at outside center. Length circa 47.0 cm, Diameter circa 15.0 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, unspecified.
Donor:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection place:
Zaire, Central Africa, Africa
Verbatim coll. place:
Central Africa; Zaire unspec.
Collector:
Daniel J. Crowley and Pearl Crowley
Collection date:
1960
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
5.3 Objects relating to the Secular and Quasi-religious Rites, Pageants, and Drama
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Decorative pillow, accession number 5-15620, described as Bustle," cloth-covered. Crescent shaped, tubular, trade cloth-covered, straw-filled dance paraphernalia. (Dark gray floral print trade cloth probably from Angola). Blue cloth ties at each end. Tuft of coarse string at outside center. Length circa 47.0 cm, Diameter circa 15.0 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, unspecified.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Decorative pillow, accession number 5-15620, described as Bustle," cloth-covered. Crescent shaped, tubular, trade cloth-covered, straw-filled dance paraphernalia. (Dark gray floral print trade cloth probably from Angola). Blue cloth ties at each end. Tuft of coarse string at outside center. Length circa 47.0 cm, Diameter circa 15.0 cm. From Central Africa, Zaire, unspecified.

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