Man's wrapper
mid 20th century
Object PlaceNigeria
Medium/TechniqueCotton and silk plain weave with discontinuous supplementary cotton wefts and continuous supplementary cotton warps used as wefts periodically (lace weave)
DimensionsHeight x width: 50 1/2 x 71 1/4 in. (128.3 x 181 cm)
Credit LineGift of Timothy Phillips
Accession number2008.1585
On View
Not on viewClassificationsCostumes
Provenance2007, purchased at Akka Etnografia.arte in Rome, Italy by Timothy Phillips, Cambridge, MA; gift of Phillips to the MFA (December 17, 2008)
mid 20th century
about 1860
about 1875
18th century
19th century
about 1825
1806-1814