Hammock

1991.14.0003

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Hammock   (1991.14.0003)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Furnishings
  2. :
  3. Furniture
  4. :
  5. Sleeping & Reclining Furniture
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period N/A
Date 1900 - 1930
Culture Kpelle, Gerse, Guerze, Kpese
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 461.0 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 72.5 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 8.0 cm
Weight 1,285 g
Measuring Remarks N/A
Materials Plant--Fiber, Pigment--Dye
Manufacturing Processes Plaiting, Weaving

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
Bibliography

Leonard, Gertrude Simpson. Our Africa Story: An Account of the work of the Woman's Home and Foreign Mission Society at Muhlenberg Mission, Liberia, Africa. Baltimore: General Literature Committee, Lutheran Church, 1918.

Artifact History

Credit Line/Dedication Gift of Edwin Hadley in Memory of Grover C. Leonard, Gertrude Simpson Leonard, Frances Hadley
Reproduction no

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