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Textile with painted animal scene
Textile with painted animal scene
Object Number 995-29-50/12542
Display Title Textile with painted animal scene
Descriptions
Object Description Textile with painted animal scene. Narrow strips of natural off-white cloth sewn together; wooden dowel inserted through loop at top for hanging. Design is in dark brown paint and depicts a carnivore with mane and spots attacking a horned and striped antelope-like creature from behind. Two fish swim near the antelope; two water birds with long feet and beaks at bottom of scene.
Inventory Description Woven hanging textile, white with brown painted animal scene, wood stick frame.
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Date 1900-1995
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
Materials Cotton, Pigment, Wood, Fabric, Paint
Dimensions Overall: 71.5 x 91.7 x 1 cm (28 1/8 x 36 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 995-29-50/12542
Provenance
Collector Dr. William R. Wright (1995)
Donor Dr. William R. Wright (1995)

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