Accession No
1952.14 B
Description
Grass mat used as currency, consisting of two rectangular pieces of woven grass that have been rolled into two narrow cylinders and joined together in the centre with woven fibre. Each rolled mat has a plaited fibre rope and a knotted bundle of loose grass at both ends.
Place
Africa; Central Africa; Democratic Republic of the Congo; ?Kasaï
Period
Source
Wellcome Historical Medical Museum [donor]
Department
Anth
Reference Numbers
1952.14 B; 90924 [Wellcome Coll.]; 41481 [Wellcome Coll.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Grass; Plant; Fibre
Local Term
Measurements
100mm x 940mm
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Pencil note on back of old Wellcome Collection label: 'Kasai dist., Congo.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Context (Field collection)
Note on catalogue card for 1952.14 A-C: 'Provenance uncertain but these are probably from' [gap] 'Kasai District'.
The writer may have intended on adding further information, but this is unclear.
Event Date 1952
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1952.14 A-C: 'Grass mats used as currency.'
Event Date 1952
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1952.14 A-C: 'These mats have been rolled up into sausage shapes, and the ?fringes on each side plaited into ropes. B: A double roll in that two ends of one mat have been rolled up, exposing some mat between the rolls.'
Event Date 2/3/2005
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
Description (Physical description)
Grass mat used as currency, consisting of two rectangular pieces of woven grass that have been rolled into two narrow cylinders and joined together in the centre with woven fibre. Each rolled mat has a plaited fibre rope and a knotted bundle of loose grass at both ends.
Event Date 22/11/2022
Author: Lizzy Peneycad
FM:300233
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