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Object Number 999-23-50/12851
Display Title Strip cloth
Descriptions
Object Description Handspun, hand woven strip cloth comprised of seven strips; very stained
Inventory Description Woven cotton cloth, beige, strips of fabric sewn together, fringed, stained.
Classification
  • Fabric
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yoruba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Materials Cotton
Dimensions Overall: 142.5 x 87.4 x 0.1 cm (56 1/8 x 34 7/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 999-23-50/12851
Credit Line Gift of 'Folake Alalade
Provenance
Donor 'Folake Alalade (12/98 - 7/16/99)

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