Woman's wrapper
1920s
Object PlaceNigeria
Medium/TechniqueCotton and silk plain weave with carried warp threads (strip woven)
DimensionsHeight x width: 222.3 x 132.7 cm (87 1/2 x 52 1/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Alan and Suzanne Dworsky, Jeremy and Hanne Grantham and Jane Pappalardo
Accession number2015.2057
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Provenance1990, purchased in Berkeley, CA by Jeffrey Spurr, Cambridge, MA; 2015, sold by Jeffrey Spurr to the MFA. (Accession date: May 20, 2015)
A.D. 1000–1476
18th or early 19th century
early 20th century