Woman's Strip-woven Wrapper
CultureEwe peoples
Dateearly 20th century
MediumCotton
DimensionsOverall: 76 1/2 × 110 inches (194.31 × 279.4 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust through the George H. and Elizabeth O. Davis Fund
Object number96-36/4
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DescriptionThe textile consists of 22 strips of cloth sewn together. Each strip is composed of multicolored stripes which have been overlayed with "weft float" decoration that includes the representation of objects, animals, and humans.ProvenanceWith Mohr Textile Arts, New York, by May 1996;
Purchased from Mohr Textile Arts by Douglas Dawson, Chicago, IL, stock no. 6120, May-August 1996;
Purchased from Dawson by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1996.
NOTES:
[1] According to Douglas Dawson, in email correspondence with MacKenzie Mallon, Specialist, Provenance, July 17, 2022, NAMA curatorial files.
Newsletter (The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Summer 1997): 3.
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