Textile

Museum number:

5-8795

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Description:

Cotton cloth; 12 cm. wide strips of plain weave (8) sewn together; off-white geometric designs on black ground; l. 160 cm; w, 100 cm.

Collection place:

Mali

Culture or time period:

Bambara

Object type:

ethnography

Object class:

Textile samples

Function:

2.1 Daily Garb

Department:

Africa (except Ancient Egypt)

Loans:

S1981-1982 #11: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (September 24, 1981–December 1, 1981), S1982-1983 #14: University of California, Davis/Victoria Rivers (October 1, 1982–December 6, 1982), S1983-1984 #36: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (January 13, 1983–March 5, 1984), S1984-1985 #13: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (October 1, 1984–December 12, 1984), S1986-1987 #20: Richmond Art Center (January 28, 1987–April 16, 1987), S1987-1988 #19: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (September 1987–December 8, 1987), S1988-1989 #15: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (1988–February 21, 1989), S1990-1991 #15: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (1990–January 3, 1991), S1992-1993 #30: University of California, Davis/Victoria Rivers (November 12, 1992–December 22, 1992), S1993-1994 #9: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (November 10, 1993–December 15, 1993), S1995-1996 #12: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis)/Victoria Rivers (November 10, 1995–November 29, 1995), and S1996-1997 #9: Department of Environmental Design (UC Davis) (November 6, 1996–December 17, 1996)

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