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Wrapper or Cover

A work made of six strips joined: cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; main warp fringe.

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  • A work made of six strips joined: cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; main warp fringe.

Date:

Mid–20th century (probably before 1950)

Artist:

Probably Guinea-Bissau

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Wrapper or Cover

Place

Guinea-Bissau (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1900–1975

Medium

Six strips joined: Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary patterning and brocading wefts; main warp fringe

Dimensions

212.6 × 130.3 cm (83 3/4 × 51 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Alsdorf Foundation Fund; O. Renard Goltra Endowment

Reference Number

2002.277

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