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Image Not Available for Painted bark cloth costume top; wear to bark cloth around neckline; faded pigment with areas of white fugitive; patina.
Painted bark cloth costume top; wear to bark cloth around neckline; faded pigment with areas of white fugitive; patina.
Image Not Available for Painted bark cloth costume top; wear to bark cloth around neckline; faded pigment with areas of white fugitive; patina.
Object Number 2011.18.16.1
Display Title Painted bark cloth costume top; wear to bark cloth around neckline; faded pigment with areas of white fugitive; patina.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bark cloth, top, triangular and diamond pattern, red, yellow, black on brown ground, fiber cordage sewing, open neck
Classification
  • Costume
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kuba
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Zaire
Materials Barkcloth Pigment Fiber cord
Quantity 1
Label on object 2011.18.16.1
Credit Line Bequest of William "Greg" LaChapelle
Provenance
Collector William Gregory LaChapelle
Donor William Gregory LaChapelle

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