Robe

Textile

2003-53-22

From: Djibouti

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Boubou
Object Number 2003-53-22
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Djibouti
Section African
Materials Cotton | Pigment
Technique Woven | Sewn | Dyed
Description

A long child's robe with short sleeves, machine woven of cotton with a printed design of alternating stripes of red with tiny yellow flowers and yellow with tiny red arrow-head like designs, edge at pocket, neckline, sleeves and hem with dark blue bindings; there is a pocket on the right side.

Height 107.9 cm
Width 76.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.772 - Other Number

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