Native Name | Boubou |
Object Number | 2003-63-196 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Liberia |
Section | African |
Materials | Cotton |
Technique | Woven | Dyed | Sewn |
Description | Sleeveless robe made of 16 1/4 inch (41.3 cm) strips running vertically in the center of the robe and 12 3/4 inch (32.4 cm) strips running horizontally on either side; rectangular pocket on front; designs in red, blue, white woven in; Arabic characters woven in; sides sen part of length , rest left open for armholes. |
Height | 93.4 cm |
Width | 169.5 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1894.1.29 - Other Number |
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