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Bark Cloth Painting

CultureMbuti
Dateearly 20th century
MediumBark cloth and pigment
DimensionsOverall (irregular): 13 1/4 × 26 inches (33.66 × 66.04 cm)
Credit LineGift of Fifi White
Object numberF98-33/4
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DescriptionOrange-brown textile with a dark brown asymmetrical geometric pattern of lines and circles.Provenance

Fifi White, Shawnee Mission, KS, by 1998;

Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1998.

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