360.00
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Men's Indigo ceremonial cloth 10.05.2086

Over-sized men's clothing equates to importance. Such Indigo robes with traditional embroidery  indicative of high status of the bearer. The triangular knife pattern and the calligraphic spiral rosette may have an underlying protective symbolism

  • Ref.:10.05.2086
  • Size:240 X 125 cm
  • Weight:1,450 kg

Category

  • Embroideries & Clothes 10.05West-, Central- & North Africa 29.01
  • AFRICAN TEXTILES 10REGIONAL GALLERIES 29

Origin

  • West and Central Africa
  • NIGERIA

Material

  • VegetalCotton

Quality

  • Collectible (fine or rare example of an object)Excellent overall conditionMuseum quality (worthy to be added to a museum’s permanent collection)
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