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Woman’s Overskirt with Cut-Pile Border

Kuba, 1900-1969

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Kuba

Woman’s Overskirt with Cut-Pile Border

Kuba

Woman’s Overskirt with Cut-Pile Border

Kuba, 1900-1969

Physical Qualities Raffia, camwood powder, 132.1 × 71.1 cm. (52 × 28 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Philip Lee Davis, Key West, Florida, in Honor of Frederick Lamp, Curator, Arts of Africa, Asia, The Americas & Oceania, 1981-2003
Object Number 2003.335
Center rubbed with camwood powder; edges curled
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2003; Philip Lee Davis, Key West, Florida; Allen Davis, Alexandria, Virginia; purchased from a member of the Kuba royal family, between 1999 and 2002

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