Textile

Museum number:
5-15465
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4502
Description:
Textile sample. Dark blue and white patterned fabric. 10 strips handsewn together. Length 145.5 centimeters, width 120 centimeters. From Mali, Dogon people. Materials and techniques: handwoven fabric, cotton, indigo tie dye. Context of use: for clothing.
Donor:
Phyllis Ross Rutner
Collection place:
Mali
Verbatim coll. place:
Mali; Dogon people
Culture or time period:
Dogon
Collection date:
1981
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Textile samples
Function:
8.3 For Manufacturing
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-15465, described as Textile sample. Dark blue and white patterned fabric. 10 strips handsewn together. Length 145.5 centimeters, width 120 centimeters. From Mali, Dogon people. Materials and techniques: handwoven fabric, cotton, indigo tie dye. Context of use: for clothing.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Textile, accession number 5-15465, described as Textile sample. Dark blue and white patterned fabric. 10 strips handsewn together. Length 145.5 centimeters, width 120 centimeters. From Mali, Dogon people. Materials and techniques: handwoven fabric, cotton, indigo tie dye. Context of use: for clothing.

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