Robe

Textile

2003-63-158

From: Liberia

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Boubou
Object Number 2003-63-158
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Liberia
Section African
Materials Cotton | Silk | Pigment
Technique Woven | Embroidered | Dyed | Sewn
Description

Robe made of European cotton cloth embroidered with silk in geometric and curvilinear designs; piece dyed with indigo after embroidered.

Height 120 cm
Width 197.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1894.1.23 - Other Number

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