- Object name(s):
- plate; plate
- Brief description:
- Coiled fibre plate made by Hausa, query from Gombe, North Nigeria, and traded widely throughout Nigeria, used as food plates and to display market goods, Hausaland, possibly Zaria town. The plate is constructed from coiled and dyed palm fibres that have been wrapped around coiled palm ribs. Each turn of the coiled palm fibres is secured by binding or stitching it to the previous one. The plate is highly decorative and combines the use of three different colours, cream, dark brown, and orange/red in order to create contrasting patterns. The pattern is designed around a central circle of orange/red which is bordered by three alternating rows of dark brown and cream. Extending outwards from the centre is a star-shape with three evenly-spaced and angled arms each decorated with two inverted dark brown triangles that point inwards towards the centre. The background is cream and the arms are framed by three parallel rows of dark brown. Intersecting the three arms are three evenly-spaced inverted triangles woven using alternating bands of cream and orange/red and are bordered using dark brown. The rest of the predominantly orange/red ground is covered sporadically with angled parallel lines in dark brown and cream. The central motifs are framed by a double row of cream and the rim is constructed using alternating bands of dark brown and orange/red.
- Collection:
- Norfolk Museums
- Acquisition date:
- 1975
- Acquisition method:
- gift
- Associated concept:
- ethnography
- Associated concept:
- African
- Associated concept:
- West African
- Associated concept:
- 2.66
- Current location:
- Not on display - In store
- Dimension:
- diameter
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 177
- Material:
- fibre
- Object name:
- plate; plate
- Object number:
- NWHCM : 1975.596.26 : E
- Object production place:
- Nigeria?
- Other number:
- 596.975.26
- Other number type:
- assigned number
- Reproduction format:
- jpeg
- Reproduction type:
- image
- Responsible department/section:
- Archaeology
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/24c0a5f7-3220-3de7-9afc-e9b096507b48
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/24c0a5f7-3220-3de7-9afc-e9b096507b48, Norfolk Museums, CC BY-NC
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