Unknown African
Man's Robe

CultureDida peoples
Titles
  • Man's Robe
Date1900–1933
Made inCôte d'Ivoire
MediumPlaited and tie-dyed raffia
Dimensions42 × 74 in. (106.7 × 188 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by the Alfred C. Glassell, Jr. Accessions Endowment Fund
Object number2015.254
Not on view

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Department
African Art
Object Type
Provenance[Mary Hunt Kahlenbert (1940–2011), Santa Fe]; private collection, New York, 1991–2015; sold through Atlantic Art Partners, New York, 2015; purchased by MFAH, 2015.

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