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Women's shirt

Shape: Short, rectangular cut garment with a slightly flared, pleated skirt. Very richly and elaborately embroidered with floret silk Colour: Base colour (natural) off-white few red weft threads, otherwise colourful

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Women's shirt
Dimensions
Height: 106 cm
Width: 145 cm
Weight: 2 kg
Material/Technique
Cotton, Silk
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
III C 15330

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    19th century
    where
    Nigeria
    Bornu
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    Africa

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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