Robe

Textile

2003-50-1

From: Cameroon

Curatorial Section: African

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Native Name Boubou
Object Number 2003-50-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Cameroon
Section African
Materials Cotton | Thread | Pigment
Technique Woven | Dyed | Sewn | Embroidered
Description

Robe made of five inch (12.7 cm) strips running vertically in the body and horazontally in the sleeves; piece dyed brown; pocket on the front; embroidered with undyed, blue, and red cotton in geometric designs and concentric circles around the neck opening; bottoms of sleeves and sides of front and back sewn together.

Height 102.9 cm
Width 168.9 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.959 - Other Number

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