Hunter's Shirt
Datec. 1945
Place madeBenin, Africa
MediumCotton, leather, animal fur, monkey skull, cowrie shells
Dimensions23 5/8 × 42 11/16 × 1 3/4 in. (60 × 108.5 × 4.5 cm)
Classifications(Classification Not Used)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of the Girard Foundation Collection, A.1980.2.5
Object numberA.1980.2.5
DescriptionApplied decoration. Handspun brown cotton, embellished with amulets, cowrie shells around neck, monkey skull, leather and fur oblongs in rows of front. // Benin, formerly Dahomey.On View
Not on viewCollections
20th century
ca. 1930
ca 1986
ca. 1980
Mid 20th century
c. 1950-1980
Mid-to-late 20th Century
Late 19th - early 20th century
c. 1950-1980