Women's Wrapper

Unidentified maker (Nigeria)

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collected 1977

Cotton

Overall: 64 9/16 × 26 3/8 in. (164 × 67 cm)

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

178.30.25833

Geography

Place Made: Benue River region, Nigeria, Western Africa, Africa

Period

20th century

Object Name

Clothing: Outerwear

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Provenance

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

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