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Pile cloth
Object Number 17-41-50/B2047
Display Title Pile cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Pile cloth. Additional descriptive notes under Conservation.
Inventory Description Textile, woven rectangular piece, pile cloth, tan and brown geometric design
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Bakuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire / Bakuba
Materials Plant fiber, Raffia, Dye
Dimensions Overall: 64.5 x 37 x 1.8 cm (25 3/8 x 14 9/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object B2047
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. George Howe, A. C. Coolidge, and Oric Bates, 1917
Provenance
Collector Lt. G. Mackenzie (1880-1900)
Dealer William O. Oldman (1917)
Donor Mrs. George P. Howe (1917)
Donor Prof. A. C. Coolidge (1917)
Donor Mr. Oric Bates (1917)

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