Curtain
Textile
Object Number:
2003-58-26
Current Location:
Imagine Africa
Provenience:
Ghana
Section:
African
Materials:
Cotton
Pigment
Metal
Technique:
Woven
Printed
Dyed
Description:
Cotton fabric dyed orange with a red printed pattern of two drums standing underneath a large umbrella. Drums are flanked by a long horn-like instrument on either side. Pattern repeats itself. Attached to top of fabric are five brass rings used to hang the curtain.
Height:
90.4cm
Width:
140.6cm
Credit Line:
Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Other Number:
Current & Past Exhibitions:
Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum (18 Sep 2011 - Jan 2013)
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