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Akwete cloth

Artist Unrecorded Igbo artist (Nigeria)
Creation placeAkwete, Nigeria, Africa
Datemid-1960s
Dimensions74 × 50 × 3/8 in. (188 × 127 × 1 cm)
Classification(s)
  • AFRICAN
Credit LineGift of Herbert M. Cole, Class of 1957, and Shelley Cole
Object numberM.2026.5
Descriptionwoven cloth textile with black cotton warp threads, red-purple cotton weft threads, and cream rayon weft decorative motifs
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