About This Artwork

Ait Ouaouzguite Confederation
Siroua Mountains, Morocco

Man's Cape (Akhnif), Mid-19th century

Wool and cotton: slit tapestry weave; embroidered with wool and cotton in heavy chain, herring bone, interlacing and stem stitches; main warp cut fringe, twined and wrapped; added wrapped cut fringe and leather binding stitched with hemp
147.3 x 270.3 cm (58 x 106 1/2 in.)
Pauline S. Armstrong Endowment, 2003.79