Skirt

Textile

2003-52-109

From: Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-52-109
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Congo
Section African
Materials Grass Fiber | Pigment
Technique Braided | Twisted | Dyed
Description

Woman's skirt made of a twisted and braided cord holding two panels of grass fiber, one 14 inches (35.6cm) long and the other 4 3/4 inches (12cm); the grass fibers have been dyed dark brown; the longer panel has three bands of natural color on the dyed fibers.

Height 35.6 cm
Width 81.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1953.1.6 - Other Number

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