Skirt

Museum number:
5-16687
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4739
Description:
patchwork skirt made of multiple pieces of narrow loomed fabric. 12 horizontal bands made up of many different weaves patterns and colors. heavy fabric band reinforces waist on inside.
Donor:
Berta Bascom
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
West Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Berta Bascom and William Russell Bascom
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skirts (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
June 23, 2004
Context of use:
clothing
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Dimensions:
width 165.5 centimeters, length 129.5 centimeters, and at hem— width 184 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Skirt, accession number 5-16687, described as patchwork skirt made of multiple pieces of narrow loomed fabric. 12 horizontal bands made up of many different weaves patterns and colors. heavy fabric band reinforces waist on inside.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Skirt, accession number 5-16687, described as patchwork skirt made of multiple pieces of narrow loomed fabric. 12 horizontal bands made up of many different weaves patterns and colors. heavy fabric band reinforces waist on inside.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Skirt, accession number 5-16687, described as patchwork skirt made of multiple pieces of narrow loomed fabric. 12 horizontal bands made up of many different weaves patterns and colors. heavy fabric band reinforces waist on inside.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Skirt, accession number 5-16687, described as patchwork skirt made of multiple pieces of narrow loomed fabric. 12 horizontal bands made up of many different weaves patterns and colors. heavy fabric band reinforces waist on inside.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Skirt, accession number 5-16687, described as patchwork skirt made of multiple pieces of narrow loomed fabric. 12 horizontal bands made up of many different weaves patterns and colors. heavy fabric band reinforces waist on inside.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Skirt, accession number 5-16687, described as patchwork skirt made of multiple pieces of narrow loomed fabric. 12 horizontal bands made up of many different weaves patterns and colors. heavy fabric band reinforces waist on inside.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Skirt, accession number 5-16687, described as patchwork skirt made of multiple pieces of narrow loomed fabric. 12 horizontal bands made up of many different weaves patterns and colors. heavy fabric band reinforces waist on inside.

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