Loincloth

Textile

2003-75-25

From: Sudan

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-75-25
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Sudan
Section African
Materials Cotton
Technique Woven | Dyed | Sewn
Description

Loincloth made of two 3.25 inch strips woven with blue and white cotton warp stripes sewn together in a single length ending in long twisted fringes; this piece is sewn to a narrow waistband of a different blue and white stripe pattern to form a front panel, a crotch piece, and a longer back panel; two narrower panels ending with long twisted fringes attached to each side of the waistband; yarn dyed.

Height 68.6 cm
Width 29.8 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1900.1.425 - Other Number

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