wall hanging

Rectangular wall hanging of black velvet onto which decorative motifs are couched in gold-coloured metal strips and embellished with sequins. To each side is a peacock, with a plant outside each of these with tendrils which run along the base and flower and vegetal forms extending vertically and across the top. At the centre top is a stylised quatrefoil motif with a scalloped shape to either side and leaf and tendrils below to each side. A border of scrolling vegetal forms is conatined within a straight line as an outer border and a lopped line forming the inner border.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
2007.31
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 1220mm x 650mm
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
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