Cloth

Object number81.17.687

Credit LineGift of Katherine White and the Boeing Company

Dimensions77 1/16 in. (195.8 cm) L.: 182 3/8 in.

MediumCotton cloth (handspun, plain weave, and strip weave)

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Ceremonial cloth

Object number: 83.8

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Mud cloth ("Bokolanfini") shirt

Bamana

Object number: 81.17.42

Mud cloth ("Bokolanfini")

Bamana

Object number: 81.17.43

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19th-20th Century

Object number: 81.17.248

Man's Robe ("Baba N Riga")

Object number: 81.17.174

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Object number: 81.17.247

Cloth with Proverbial Text

20th century

Object number: 2001.981

Cloth (Adire Alabere)

early 20th century

Object number: 81.17.657

Kente cloth: (Aberewa Bene "Wise Old Lady")

Ghanaian

20th century

Object number: 81.17.433

Kente Cloth: (Nkontompo Ntama, "liar's cloth")

Ghanaian

Object number: 81.17.466

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Dan

Object number: 81.17.218

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Ghanaian

20th century

Object number: 81.17.321

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