Cloth

Textile

2003-72-363

From: Senegal

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-72-363
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Senegal
Section African
Materials Cotton | Silk
Technique Woven | Sewn | Dyed
Description

Cotton cloth from narrow loom. Resist dye pattern created by stitching threads in a saw-tooth motif emphasizes the seams along which the cloth has been pieced together. The design is further embellished with silk thread embroidery.

Length 201 cm
Width 60 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.1247 - Other Number

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