Costume in two parts (shirt and pants)
mid-20th century
Medium/TechniqueLooped and dyed raffia
DimensionsCenter back (shirt): 60.3 cm (23 3/4 in.)
Length (pants): 97.2 cm (38 1/4 in.)
Length (pants): 97.2 cm (38 1/4 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated by Jeremy and Hanne Grantham
Accession number2017.4152.1-2
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ProvenanceBy 1998-2000, acquired by Jeffrey B. Spurr, Cambridge, MA from a Congolese seller at the Cultural Survival Holiday Fair, Cambridge, MA; 2017, sold by Jeffrey B. Spurr to the MFA. (Accession date: October 11, 2017)
late 19th–early 20th century
20th century
about 1900
early 20th century
mid-20th century
about 1900
first half 20th century
about 1900
about 1960
second quarter of 19th century