| Object Number | 2003-75-27 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Sudan |
| Section | African |
| Materials | Cotton |
| Technique | Woven | Sewn | Dyed | Twisted |
| Description | Rectangular mattress cover consisting of 5.5 inch strips of yarn dyed blue and white cotton; colors alternate in the warp and weft to create stripes and a narrow plaid pattern at wide intervals; the strips are sewn together in a single piece forming the top, bottom, and one side; two additional rectangular pieces are sewn to form the shorter sides; the fourth side is open; twisted cord loops are attached at each of the four closed corners. |
| Height | 213.4 cm |
| Length | 41.9 cm |
| Width | 149.8 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
| Other Number | 1900.1.402 - Other Number |
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