Garment

Museum number:
5-15261
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4428
Description:
garment; blue striped narrow bands alternate w/ white & purple bands with woven checkerboard patterns, stripes & figs.; bands machine sewn together; deep, sewn hem; 181 cm wide x 142 cm long; each strip 11 cm wide
Donor:
Joan Wescott
Collection place:
Nigeria
Verbatim coll. place:
Africa; Nigeria; Yoruba att.
Culture or time period:
Yoruba
Collector:
Joan Wescott
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
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)
Dimensions:
width 181 centimeters and length 142 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Garment, accession number 5-15261, described as garment; blue striped narrow bands alternate w/ white & purple bands with woven checkerboard patterns, stripes & figs.; bands machine sewn together; deep, sewn hem; 181 cm wide x 142 cm long; each strip 11 cm wideHearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Garment, accession number 5-15261, described as garment; blue striped narrow bands alternate w/ white & purple bands with woven checkerboard patterns, stripes & figs.; bands machine sewn together; deep, sewn hem; 181 cm wide x 142 cm long; each strip 11 cm wideHearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Garment, accession number 5-15261, described as garment; blue striped narrow bands alternate w/ white & purple bands with woven checkerboard patterns, stripes & figs.; bands machine sewn together; deep, sewn hem; 181 cm wide x 142 cm long; each strip 11 cm wide
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Garment, accession number 5-15261, described as garment; blue striped narrow bands alternate w/ white & purple bands with woven checkerboard patterns, stripes & figs.; bands machine sewn together; deep, sewn hem; 181 cm wide x 142 cm long; each strip 11 cm wide

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