Bed cover
Category
Textiles
Date
1980 - 2000
Materials
Grass Dye Cowry Shells
Measurements
620 x 3370 mm
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575 Wandsworth Road, London
NT 1512656
Summary
Black patterned woven grass African bed throw/runner. Of slender rectangular form, with tie-dyed oblong shapes within rectangles formed of woven red grass and cowry shells. On a black ground and flaxen coloured border.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Khadambi Asalache upon his death in 2006; acquired fully in November 2010.