Textile

Unidentified Yoruba maker

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collected 1977

Cotton, silk, and rayon

Overall: 65 3/8 × 35 13/16 in. (166 × 91 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Adrian Walser, Class of 1932

178.30.25829

Geography

Place Made: Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Textile

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Exhibition History

African Textiles, History 12, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 30-April 23, 1993.

Provenance

Collected by Adrian Andrew Walser (1910-1994) in the Oje market, Ibadan, Nigeria, 1977; given to present collection, 1978.

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