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Object Number 2006.38.37
Display Title Bark cloth skirt
Descriptions
Object Description Bark cloth skirt; four panels; orange-brown and light orange-brown ground with black design of groups of parallel lines, connected by longer lines; flower with two leaves; hourglass shapes; section of crossed lines forming parallelograms; section of crosshatching and parallel lines
Inventory Description Skirt, bark cloth, orange with black linear designs
Classification
  • Skirt
Department Ethnographic
Date 1984-1995 or earlier
Culture
  • Mbuti
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Additional Geographic Terms Ituri Forest
Dimensions Overall: 77 x 39 cm (30 5/16 x 15 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2006.38.37
Credit Line In memory of Diane Dixon-Daniel, gift of Renee Bertrand
Provenance
Collector Lavi Daniel (1984-1995)
Collector Diane Dixon (1984-1995)
Donor Renee C. Bertrand (12/11/06)

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