Cloth

Textile

2003-72-383

From: Senegal

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-72-383
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Senegal
Section African
Materials Cotton
Technique Woven | Dyed
Description

Rectangular cloth made of nine 6 inch stips woven with regularly spaced bands of blue and white; sewn together to produce a checkerboard effect; piece dyed with indigo so pattern is in dark and light blue; 1.5 inch fringe on both ends; yarn dyed.

Length 233 cm
Width 136 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.375 - Other Number

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