Cloth

Textile

2003-72-375

From: Senegal

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-72-375
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Senegal
Section African
Materials Cotton
Technique Woven | Dyed
Description

Rectangular cloth made of eighteen 2.5 in. strips of evenly spaced blue and white bands; strips have been closely matched to give a checkerboard effect; every sixth blue band has a white warp stripe in it; four inch twisted fringe at both ends; fringes ending blue checks wider; yarn dyed.

Height 250 cm
Width 116 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.321 - Other Number

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