Robe

Textile

2003-63-155

From: Liberia

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Boubou
Object Number 2003-63-155
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Liberia
Section African
Materials Cotton | Pigment
Technique Woven | Dyed
Description

Sleeveless robe made of 9cm strips of undyed cotton with blue warp stripes and occasional weft stripes running vertically; piece dyed with indigo creating a pattern of light and dark blue stripes; pocket on front made from another type of cloth with brown, white and blue stripes before piece with dyed indigo; braided cord around neck opening; sides joined at bottom.

Height 113.5 cm
Width 131.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1894.1.33 - Other Number

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