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Textile

Object Number:99-13-1
Current Location: Collections Storage
Provenience: Liberia
Date Made: 20th century CE
Early Date: 1900
Late Date: 1979
Section:African
Materials:Cloth
Pigment
Technique:Woven
Painted
Iconography:People
Animal
Plant
Height: 110 cm
Length: 200 cm
Credit Line:Gift of Mrs. Clara R. Tolbert, 1999

Description

Two tone textile; beige background, brownish red pigment used for drawing pictures; depiction of masked people, animals (birds, antelope, crocodile?) and plants. It is rectangular wall hanging. Upper and lower registers, each has seven images.

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