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Object Number
994-20-50/12402
Display Title
Textile
Descriptions
Object Description
Textile mapel(?) with fringed border with dyed cowrie shells @ top edge, large checkered design in brown and buff.
Inventory Description
Textile, sewn dark dark squares, fiber fringe with cowrie shells
Classification
- Woven
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Kuba
- Kuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa
/
Zaire
Materials
Fiber, Dye, Shell, Raffia
Dimensions
Overall: 770.6 × 89 × 0.2 cm (303 3/8 × 35 1/16 × 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
994-20-50/12402
Provenance
Collector
James W. Lankton
(1990 - 6/21/1994)
Donor
James W. Lankton
(1990 - 6/21/1994)
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