Skirt

Textile

2003-52-109

From: Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-52-109
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Congo
Section African
Materials Grass Fiber | Pigment
Technique Braided | Twisted | Dyed
Description

Woman's skirt made of a twisted and braided cord holding two panels of grass fiber, one 14 inches (35.6cm) long and the other 4 3/4 inches (12cm); the grass fibers have been dyed dark brown; the longer panel has three bands of natural color on the dyed fibers.

Height 35.6 cm
Length 0 cm
Width 81.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1953.1.6 - Other Number

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