Native Name | Boubou |
Object Number | 2003-66-20 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Mali |
Section | African |
Materials | Cotton | Silk |
Technique | Woven | Dyed | Embroidered | Crocheted |
Description | Robe made of 4 inch strips running vertically in the body and horizontally on the sleeves; pocket on front; piece dyed indigo; front and back heavily decorated with embroidery and crocheted lace insets in geometric and rectilinear designs; sleeves unfinished; unhemmed. |
Height | 122.2 cm |
Width | 181 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1900.1.396 - Other Number |
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