Robe

Textile

2003-66-28

From: Mali

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Boubou
Object Number 2003-66-28
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mali
Section African
Materials Cotton | Leather | Raphia
Technique Woven | Dyed | Sewn | Braided
Description

Robe made of four inch (10cm) strips running vertically; piece dyed brown; diamond shaped pocket sewn on inside of robe with opening on front; five amulets sewn on front, three amulets sewn on back; amulets made of leather covered with red cloth, with a border of braided raphia.

Length 71.8 cm
Width 91.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.405 - Other Number

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