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1. Bark cloth

Museum number:
5-10290
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:
length 177 centimeters and width 133 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1943

2. Bark cloth

Museum number:
5-2629
Culture or time period:
Balovale
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Collection place:
African Craft Village, Livingstone Museum, Zambia

3. Bark cloth

Museum number:
5-10291
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.0 Use not specified (Raw Materials)
Dimensions:
length 183.5 centimeters and width 139 centimeters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Collection date:
1943

4. Cloth

Museum number:
5-7039a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:
b— length 85.7 centimeters, a— width 41.2 centimeters, a— length 56 centimeters, and b— width 82.5 centimeters
Collector:
Ruth Radmore
Collection place:
Africa
Collection date:
unknown

5. Cloth

Museum number:
5-7038a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:
a— length 43.5 centimeters, a— width 5 centimeters, b— length 81.3 centimeters, and b— width 36.3 centimeters
Collector:
Ruth Radmore
Collection place:
Africa
Collection date:
unknown

6. Cloth

Museum number:
5-4095b
Culture or time period:
!Kung
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
1.8 Toilet Articles
Collection place:
Bechuanaland (historical place)

7. Cloth

Museum number:
5-7040a,b
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Dimensions:
a— width 32 centimeters, b— length 81.2 centimeters, a— length 54 centimeters, and b— width 78.7 centimeters
Collector:
Ruth Radmore
Collection place:
Africa
Collection date:
unknown

8. Cloth

Museum number:
5-4352
Culture or time period:
Mafa tribe
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Collection place:
Mokolo, North Region, Cameroon

9. Cloth

Museum number:
5-2434
Culture or time period:
Baule
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Dimensions:
length 2.44 meters and width 1.63 meters
Collector:
William Russell Bascom
Collection place:
Cote d'Ivoire
Collection date:
October 1962

10. Cloth

Museum number:
5-2970
Culture or time period:
Tiv
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Collector:
Leonard Plotnicov
Collection place:
Nigeria