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Object Number 17-41-50/B2051
Display Title Bark breech-clout
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark cloth, brown, rect, gathered and interwoven w/vegetable fiber loops/strands
Classification
  • Bark cloth
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bakuba?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Congo
Dimensions Overall: 74.3 x 30 x 1.7 cm (29 1/4 x 11 13/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B-2051

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