Pile Cloth

Unidentified Kuba maker

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Overall: 26 15/16 × 13 in. (68.5 × 33 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Paul S. Cantor, Class of 1960

181.22.26290

Geography

Place Made: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central Africa, Africa

Object Name

Textile

Research Area

Africa

Not on view

Course History

History 5.08, African and African American Studies 19.01, Africa and the World, Robby Zeinstra, Fall 2023

History 5.08, African and African American Studies 19.01, Africa and the World, Robby Zeinstra, Fall 2023

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

Paul S. Cantor, New York, New York; given to present collection, 1981

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