Object Number: Ea8986

Collection: World Cultures

Object Name: mat

Description: Raphia cloth with coloured stripes. from old record card: '152.5cm by 61cm. Raphia cloth with coloured stripes.' Collected by Rev. Kenred Smith in Northern Democratic Republic of Congo when it was the Congo Free State and later Belgian Congo. He was primarily based at Bopoto (Upoto) Station, a Baptist Missionary Society post on the Upper River from the years 1896 - 1914.

On Display at M Shed, Bristol People Gallery