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Woman's skirt
Woman's skirt

Woman's skirt

20th century
Medium/TechniqueRaffia, oblique plaited and stitch-resist dyed
DimensionsOverall (with fringe): 33.7 x 94 cm (13 1/4 x 37 in.)
Credit LineGift of Tim and Bobbi Hamill, Hamill Gallery of African Art
Accession number2007.768
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBy April 2004, purchased in Toulouse France by Tim and Bobbi Hamill; Gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 19, 2007)
On black background
about 1900
Group shot: 16.30, 16.34, 16.39
A.D. 50–100
Skirt
200 B.C.–A.D. 200
Man's dance skirt
mid-20th century
Bag
about A.D. 500
Kimono (yukata)
late 19th to early 20th century
Fragment of robe (kosode)
late 16th or early 17th century
Fragment of robe (kosode)
16th or early 17th century
Fragment of robe (katabira)
late 17th or early 18th century
Conservation status: Before treatment
first half of 20th century