Robe

Textile

2003-70-64

From: Nigeria

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Boubou
Object Number 2003-70-64
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Nigeria
Section African
Materials Cotton | Pigment
Technique Woven | Dyed | Sewn | Embroidered
Description

Robe made of 4.5 inch strips woven of dark blue cotton with white warp and weft stripes; strips run vertically in body and horizontally on sleeves; rectangular pocket on front; embroidered with geometric and curvilinear designs; seams under arms and hem along botton sewn in a different color thread than the rest of the robe; sides not joined. Yarn dyed.

Height 121 cm
Width 234.2 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.451 - Other Number

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