Robe

Textile

2003-63-160

From: Liberia

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Boubou
Object Number 2003-63-160
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Liberia
Section African
Materials Cotton | Pigment
Technique Woven | Dyed | Sewn
Description

Unfinished sleeveless robe made of 5 inch strips with white, light blue and dark blue cotton warp stripes running vertically; rectangular pocket on front with stripes running horizontally; sides not sewn together. Yarn dyed.

Height 96 cm
Width 186 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1894.1.32 - Other Number

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