Robe

Museum number:
5-11488
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050011488
Accession number:
Acc.2879
Description:
Robe, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11488, acc no. 2879, file code 8.3. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Cotton in form of tunic garment, embroidered with yellow thread Context of use: Worn by men Description: Garment, men's; unfinished; white cotton sheet-lik body with extensive embroidery in pale yellow thread; embroidery consists of typically "Muslim" designs; neck hole sewn up; 203 cm. l.; 137 cm. w.;
Donor:
Thomas D. Lanagan and W. H. Lawson
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Hausa
Culture or time period:
Hausa
Collector:
Thomas D. Lanagan
Collection date:
July 27, 1972
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Robes (main garments)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
July 27, 1972
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 5-11488, described as Robe, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11488, acc no. 2879, file code 8.3. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Cotton in form of tunic garment, embroidered with yellow thread Context of use: Worn by men Description: Garment, men's; unfinished; white cotton sheet-lik body with extensive embroidery in pale yellow thread; embroidery consists of typically "Muslim" designs; neck hole sewn up; 203 cm. l.; 137 cm. w.;
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Robe, accession number 5-11488, described as Robe, Nigeria, Hausa att. July 27, 1972. 5-11488, acc no. 2879, file code 8.3. Collector: T.D. Lanagan. Donor: W.H. Lawson. Materials, techniques: Cotton in form of tunic garment, embroidered with yellow thread Context of use: Worn by men Description: Garment, men's; unfinished; white cotton sheet-lik body with extensive embroidery in pale yellow thread; embroidery consists of typically "Muslim" designs; neck hole sewn up; 203 cm. l.; 137 cm. w.;

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