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Akwete Cloth

Igbo, 1933-1966

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Igbo

Akwete Cloth

Igbo

Akwete Cloth

Igbo, 1933-1966

Physical Qualities Cotton, rayon, (without fringe) 72 7/16 × 48 1/16 in. (184 × 122 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Nance Asher, Denton, Maryland
Object Number 1988.40
Deep red ground.
Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Worlds
Barringer, Tim, et al. "Art and Emancipation in Jamaica: Isaac Mendes Belisario and His Worlds." New Haven and London: Yale Center for British Art in association with Yale University Press, 2007: cat. no. 169, illus. p. 469.

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Igbo

2000–2000

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