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Jacket

(born Argentina, worked in America)
about 1990
Medium/TechniqueCotton plain weave; printed, pieced, appliqued, and embroidered with cotton yarns and beads
DimensionsCenter back: 88.9 cm (35 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous gift
Accession number2014.2503
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCostumes
ProvenanceBefore 2014, sold by Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA to an anonymous donor; 2014, anonymous year-end gift to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 25, 2015)
Conservation status: Before treatment
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