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Man's wrapper (iborunia)

late 19th century
Object PlaceNigeria
Medium/TechniqueSilk and cotton plain weave (strip-woven)
DimensionsHeight x width: 256.5 x 161.3 cm (101 x 63 1/2 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Alan and Suzanne Dworsky, Jeremy and Hanne Grantham and Jane Pappalardo
Accession number2015.2051
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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