Native Name | Boubou |
Object Number | 2003-63-159 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Liberia |
Section | African |
Materials | Cotton | Pigment |
Technique | Woven | Dyed | Sewn |
Description | Sleeveless robe made of 4 3/4 inch strips with undyed and blue cotton warp stripes running vertically; rectangular pocket placed so stripes run horizontally; designs in red, white, and blue weft float on strips and down center of back; sides sewn together for half of length leaving the rest open for armholes. Yarn dyed. |
Height | 105 cm |
Width | 77 cm |
Credit Line | Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003 |
Other Number | 1894.1.27 - Other Number |
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