Garment

Museum number:
5-15264
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4428
Description:
Garment. 3 panels, black with narrow stripes of red, green, yellow and blue. Geometric figures woven in. Panels hand sewn together at long intervals. 266 centimeters long by 168.5 centimeters wide including fringe. From Nigeria, Nupe. Materials and techniques: cotton, warp faced weave, brocade geometric figures woven in rayon.
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Nigeria; Nupe attr.
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Main garments
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
July 25, 1989
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Garment, accession number 5-15264, described as Garment. 3 panels, black with narrow stripes of red, green, yellow and blue. Geometric figures woven in. Panels hand sewn together at long intervals. 266 centimeters long by 168.5 centimeters wide including fringe. From Nigeria, Nupe. Materials and techniques: cotton, warp faced weave, brocade geometric figures woven in rayon.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Garment, accession number 5-15264, described as Garment. 3 panels, black with narrow stripes of red, green, yellow and blue. Geometric figures woven in. Panels hand sewn together at long intervals. 266 centimeters long by 168.5 centimeters wide including fringe. From Nigeria, Nupe. Materials and techniques: cotton, warp faced weave, brocade geometric figures woven in rayon.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Garment, accession number 5-15264, described as Garment. 3 panels, black with narrow stripes of red, green, yellow and blue. Geometric figures woven in. Panels hand sewn together at long intervals. 266 centimeters long by 168.5 centimeters wide including fringe. From Nigeria, Nupe. Materials and techniques: cotton, warp faced weave, brocade geometric figures woven in rayon.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Garment, accession number 5-15264, described as Garment. 3 panels, black with narrow stripes of red, green, yellow and blue. Geometric figures woven in. Panels hand sewn together at long intervals. 266 centimeters long by 168.5 centimeters wide including fringe. From Nigeria, Nupe. Materials and techniques: cotton, warp faced weave, brocade geometric figures woven in rayon.

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