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Okene cloth (ita-inochi)

Made By Unrecorded Ebira artist (near Okene, Nigeria)
Creation placeNigeria, Africa
Date1970-71
Mediumcotton, lurex
Dimensions40 × 68 in. (101.6 × 172.7 cm)
Classification(s)
  • AFRICAN
Credit LineGift of Philip M. and Patricia E. Peek
Object numberM.2025.21.19
On View
Not on view
Provenancenear Okeke, Nigeria
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