Toga

Costume

Textile

2003-73-16

From: Sierra Leone

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-73-16
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sierra Leone
Section African
Materials Cotton
Technique Woven | Dyed
Description

A large rectangular wrap woven in eighteen 10cm strips; 16 strips have black weft blocks about every 12.5cm; 2 strips have red and yellow brocade stripes in geometric designs; there is a 5cm crocheted border with long fine fringe tied on.

Length 182.9 cm
Width 172.7 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1985.0.42 - Other Number

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