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Textile
Object Number 998-25-50/12958
Display Title Textile
Descriptions
Object Description Textile/woman's garment; weft hand-spun undyed cotton; warps hand-spun undyed cotton; hand-dyed and hand-spun indigo warp and weft; may have used hand-run machine; very soiled, moth webbing; strip cloth
Inventory Description Textile, woven cotton, dk blue/cream stripes, unfinished ends, folded
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Date 1920-1924 ca.
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Liberia
Materials Cotton, Pigment
Dimensions Overall: 62 x 48 x 3 cm (24 7/16 x 18 7/8 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 998-25-50/12958
Credit Line Gift of Bertram J. and Ruth S. Malenka
Provenance
Collector Harold E. Manley (1920-1924)
Donor Bertram J. Malenka (1960 ca. - 12/24/98)

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