Skirt

Textile

2003-52-108

From: Congo

Curatorial Section: African

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Object Number 2003-52-108
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Congo
Section African
Materials Grass Fiber | Pigment
Technique Twisted | Braided | Dyed
Description

Woman's skirt made of grass fiber dyed black, twisted and braided around a cord of grass fiber; there are two panels, one 16 1/2 inches (42cm) and the other 6 1/4 inches (16cm) long.

Length 42 cm
Width 86.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of the Philadelphia Commercial Museum (also known as the Philadelphia Civic Center Museum), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2003
Other Number 1953.1.7 - Other Number

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