Mat "tuhu" · D. R. Congo, Kuba / Tetela · ID: 3046689
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Size
M: 200 cm x 72 cm
M: 78.7 inch x 28.3 inch
Description
wood sticks, woven plant fibre,
These mats served as tapestries and carpets for sitting and sleeping. Highly decorated examples, such as this, were prestige items reserved for chiefs.
Comparing literature
Sieber, Roy, African Furniture & Household Objects, Bloomington 1980, p. 96