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Ekpe (Leopard) Society cloth
Ekpe (Leopard) Society cloth

Ekpe (Leopard) Society cloth

1900-1950
Object PlaceCross River, Nigeria
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave, stitch-resist dyed
DimensionsHeight x width: 200.7 x 134.6 cm (79 x 53 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Alan and Suzanne Dworsky, Jeremy and Hanne Grantham and Jane Pappalardo
Accession number2015.2047
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance1993, sold by Hamill Gallery, Boston, to Jeffrey Spurr, Cambridge, MA; 2015, sold by Jeffrey Spurr to the MFA. (Accession date: May 20, 2015)
Kimono (yukata)
late 19th to early 20th century
Conservation status: Before treatment
first half of 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