mat, mat
Accession Number
NAM.1963-10-283-1
Description
Leopard skin mat, presented to Maj Gen Charles George Gordon, by the King of Abyssinia, 1874 (c) Yohannes IV. Lined with black oil cloth; in its natural shape with hide missing on all of the legs and tail; head is sewn flat in panels. Subsequently given to Lt (later Col) Charles Moore Watson, Royal Engineers while he was serving on Gordon’s staff in the Sudan during 1874 and 1875.
Campaigns
1st Sudan War (1883-1885)