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Woman's wrapper

19th century
Object PlaceNigeria
Medium/TechniqueCotton and silk plain weave (strip-woven)
DimensionsLength x width: 167.6 x 93 cm (66 x 36 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Alan and Suzanne Dworsky, Jeremy and Hanne Grantham and Jane Pappalardo
Accession number2015.2049
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
Provenance2006, sold by Duncan Clarke, London to Jeffrey Spurr, Cambridge, MA; 2015, sold by Jeffrey Spurr to the MFA. (Accession date: May 20, 2015)
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