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Dress fragment
Object Number 988-21-50/12424
Display Title Dress fragment
Descriptions
Object Description Fragment of a woman's dress of white cotton cloth dyed in indigo blue patterns of square areas with tie-dyed circular forms and stitch resist. Hook and eye and metal zipper.
Inventory Description Fragment, blue and white, blue zipper in center, rectangular shape
Classification
  • Fragment
Department Ethnographic
Date 1974 ca
Culture
  • Yoruba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria
Materials Cotton, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 49 x 91 x 0.7 cm (19 5/16 x 35 13/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 988-21-50/12424
Provenance
Collector Anne Beaman (1974 ca.)
Donor Dr. Monni Adams (11/28/1988)

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