Robe

Textile

2003-63-161

From: Liberia

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Boubou
Object Number 2003-63-161
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Liberia
Section African
Materials Cotton | Pigment
Technique Woven | Dyed | Sewn
Description

Robe made of 4 1/4 inch strips with dark blue and undyed cotton warp stripes running vertically in the body and horizontally in the sleeves; rectangular pocket pointing toward left sleeve on front; bottoms of sleeves not joined; front joined to back of body below sleeves. Yarn dyed.

Length 101.6 cm
Width 187.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1894.1.25 - Other Number

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