Robe

Textile

2003-66-18

From: Mali

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Boubou
Object Number 2003-66-18
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mali
Section African
Materials Cotton | Silk
Technique Woven | Undyed | Sewn | Embroidered
Description

Robe made of 3.5 inch strips running vertically to form body and 3.5 inch strips running horizontally on sleeves; pocket with rounded bottom on front; heavily embroidered with silk on front and back with geometric and curvilinear designs; sleeves joined only at the hem, also joined only at the hem at bottom of body area.

Height 124.5 cm
Width 200.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.394 - Other Number

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