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Woman's mantle
Woman's mantle

Woman's mantle

mid 20th century
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain-weave; strip-woven and tie-dyed with indigo, glass bead
DimensionsLength x width: 157.5 x 94 cm (62 x 37 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Jeremy and Hanne Grantham
Accession number2013.324
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceAbout 1977, acquired in the Ivory Coast by Jean-Michel Rostoker, Paris, France; 2012, sold by Rostoker to Andres Moraga, Berkeley, CA; 2013, sold by Moraga to the MFA. (Accession date: March 27, 2013)
Jacket (shigotogi, happi)
late 19th or early 20th century
Self-Portrait I
Barbara B. Goldberg
1992
Conservation status: Before treatment
20th century
Self-Portrait II
Barbara B. Goldberg
2004
Shibori II
Barbara B. Goldberg
1980
Wrapper
1960s
Dowry Cloth
mid 20th century
Quilt: Indigo Stripes
Tomie Nagano
1997
Textile length
19th century