Man's Cape (Akhnif)

Textiles

Mid–19th century

Ait Ouaouzguite Confederation
Siroua Mountains, Morocco

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Ait Ouaouzguite Confederation (Maker)
Title: Man's Cape (Akhnif)
Place: Morocco (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 1825–1875
Medium: 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
Dimensions: 147.3 × 270.3 cm (58 × 106 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Pauline S. Armstrong Endowment
Reference Number: 2003.79
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Ivo Grammet, Essaouira, Morocco and Belgium, by Feb. 20, 2002 [incoming receipt RX23594, Feb. 20, 2002; invoice, Mar. 23, 2003; copies in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2003.

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