Prestige Cloth

c. 1959-1960

Scroll

Kuba, Shoowa, and others

Prestige Cloth

c. 1959-1960

Physical Qualities Raffia palm fiber, 22 × 23 in. (55.9 × 58.4 cm.)

Credit Line Anonymous Gift

Object Number 2023.302

The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2023; Private collection, by purchase 1995; Clarissa Palmai

Kevin Tervala, Kuba: Fabric of an Empire, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Cone Focus Gallery, August 19, 2018 – January 20, 2019

Kuba

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Prestige Cloth with Thick Pile and "Double Knot" Design

c. 1950s-1960s

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Prestige Cloth with Interlock Design

early 20th century

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Prestige Cloth with Thick Pile and "Jagged Blocks" Design

c. 1959-1987

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Man's Cloth

early-mid 20th century?