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Mud cloth ("Bokolanfini") shirt

Object number81.17.42

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, African Panoplies: Art for Rulers, Traders, Hunters, and Priests, Apr. 21 - Aug. 14, 1988.

Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company

Dimensions52 x 38 in. (132.1 x 96.5 cm)

MediumCotton cloth (handspun and strip weave) with dye and mud solution

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Mud cloth ("Bokolanfini") shirt