Textile

99-13-1

From: Liberia

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 99-13-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Liberia
Date Made 20th century CE
Section African
Materials Cloth | Pigment
Technique Woven | Painted
Iconography People | Animal | Plant
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.

Height 110 cm
Length 200 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Clara R. Tolbert, 1999

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