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Object Number 988-21-50/12423
Display Title Cloth fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Fragment of cotton cloth from woman's garment; strip woven of black warps and alternating bands and blocks from yellow and red wefts. Strips machine stitched with white thread.
Inventory Description Fragment, woven cotton, yellow, red, black plaid strips sewn together
Classification
  • Woven
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yoruba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Dimensions Overall: 82.7 x 22 x 0.3 cm (32 9/16 x 8 11/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 988-21-50/12423
Provenance
Collector Anne Beaman (1974 ca.)
Donor Dr. Monni Adams (11/22/1988)

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