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Image Not Available for Rare Ibo? costume; damage along neckline and tears on gloves; hole at center front; extensive wear overall to fabric bindings.
Rare Ibo? costume; damage along neckline and tears on gloves; hole at center front; extensive wear overall to fabric bindings.
Image Not Available for Rare Ibo? costume; damage along neckline and tears on gloves; hole at center front; extensive wear overall to fabric bindings.
Object Number 2011.18.21
Display Title Rare Ibo? costume; damage along neckline and tears on gloves; hole at center front; extensive wear overall to fabric bindings.
Descriptions
Classification
  • Costume
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Ibo?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nigeria / Nigeria?
Materials Acrylic yarn Cotton fabric Plant fiber Synthetic cord
Quantity 1
Credit Line Bequest of William "Greg" LaChapelle
Provenance
Collector William Gregory LaChapelle
Donor William Gregory LaChapelle

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