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Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentTextiles-Africa

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NameSkirt
Dateca 1930
Place madeCape Verde Islands, Africa
MediumCotton
DimensionsOverall: 70 1/2 x 35 7/16 in. (179 x 90 cm)
Credit LineIFAF--purchase
Object numberFA.2007.5.1
DescriptionSix strips sewn together. Deep blue with narrow bands of blue and white patterns. Patterned ends are aligned across the piece. Additional narrow white stripes. Fringes are twisted
Shawl
Artist not recorded
First half, 20th century
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c.1950
Garment cloth
Late 19th - early 20th century
Sarong
Early to mid-20th century
duriki ba
Artist not recorded
Before 1860
Sarong
Early to mid-20th century
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