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| 1 | 1968.10.46 | Textile | Fine-woven, Alternate strips of beige with center white stripe and medium blue with dark blue, pin-striped. Would have been 72" long unhemmed. Color: TN,WH,BL |
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| 2 | 1995.34.3 | Shirt | Black lines all over shirt surrounded by a seal that reads "Better life for rural women" shows women working. 3 black buttons on front. Left breast pocket with white button. 2 side pockets. Sides split approximately 7 1/2" up from bottom. Color: WH,BK,YL,BL |
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| 3 | 1997.27.1A | Pullover | Sleeveless garment that is put on by placing over the head. Made of long narrow woven strips. Strips are machine stitched together along their long axis to form a large rectangular garment. The neckline & chest are tan & light brown machine embroidered to form a stylized & geometric form. Tan embroidery around vertical pocket slits on front are 1 1/4" wide. Woven strips repeat in a pattern of purple, cream, metallic gold, cream & purple. 1/2" x 1/4" holes woven into design of strips. The back of the garment has a tan embroidered spiral beginning at the neckline & ending in the center of the back. The spiral encloses an embroidered circle. Also on back just below center of neckline is a tan embroidered oval with two pointed ends. |
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| 4 | 1997.27.1B | Pants | Pants, same material & woven strips as a. The waist band is made of white cotton sewn to the strips. The waist band is 7" wide & includes pockets. The bottom of the legs have 12 1/8" cuffs. The cuffs are made of embroidered tan & light brown material and make up stylized geometric designs, including several spirals |
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| 5 | 1997.27.2A | Top | Sleeveless garment worn by pulling on over the head. Garment is made of long, narrow woven strips of cotton 8 7/8" wide. These strips are machine stitched together along their long axes to form a large flared rectangular garment. Each piece of material has alternating stripes of purple & brown. Stripes measure 1" for purple and 1 1/2" for brown stripes. The neckline of the garment has green stitching going around it and down to the chest. The chest & stomach area have stitched green geometric designs, 11 in all. The center has two pockets with openings 5 1/2" x 1". The back has the same geometric designs, just below the neck, as is seen on the front. The armholes and bottom of the garment have different cotton of red and white stripes around the openings. The pockets & inside neck area are lined with blue cotton. Color: BR,PR,BL,GR |
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| 6 | 1997.27.2B | Pants | Pants are of the same material & design as a. & c. Waist band is blue cotton and is 3 3/4" wide. Waist band is constructed with elastic. The front waist band has a triangle cut out where the elastic can be pulled to tighten the waist of the pants Color: BR,PR,BL,GR |
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| 7 | 1997.27.2C | Hat | Hat is made of same material as a. and b. & has same stripes. Two vertical panels are sewn together. The top of the hat is curved & closed while the bottom is open, and each side comes to a sharp point at its terminus. Color: BR,PR,BL,GR |
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| 8 | 2009.2.65 | Kente | Woven strip cloth blanket with varying strips and patterens and fringe. Each strip is about an inch in width, and each pattern varies in size. The first pattern after the initial fringe is inside 2 small strips of BK with WH lines and spots. Between those is a strip of RD and WH being the background and the RD makes diamonds. The next pattern has the BK and WH design, then a strip of RD. Between that is YL and BK patterns of diamonds. Next pattern has the BK and WH, then RD/WH/BK diamonds. Forth pattern has BK/WH pattern, strip of YL/RD/GR, then BK/WH pattern, RD/GR pattern, BK/YL pattern, then diamonds. Color: RD YL BL GR BK |
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| 9 | 2009.2.67 | Kente | 9 rectangular patterned strip cloth sewn together. All strips different strips made up of patterned blocks, the majority of these blocks being a WH box with BK lines, a BK box with WH lines, a WH box with BK ovals, or a BK box with WH/BL and YL?RD lines. Most patterns in 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 strips. Sewn patterns usually in RD/WH/BL and demonstrating rectangles or triangles Color: RD BK WH BL YL |
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| 10 | 2009.2.68 | Kente | 13 rectangular patterned strips, sewn together only every few inches. Majority of strips are BK/WH boxes. Patterns vary from each strip, usually following every other one. All strips have a familiar connecting pattern every so often. Each strip is about 3 inches long. |
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| 11 | 2013.2.5 | Mask | Semi-circular shape zoomorphic mask. Slit eyes and pronounced protruding nose pierced through from one side to the other. No tribal markings. Circular base attached to facilitate wearing the mask on a person's head. Raffia attached around and on top with a dried animal hide shell attached to the top. Color: BR |
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| 12 | UNIM1986.14.1980.19.10A | Damask | . Medium blue with white damask 27" wide x 52". |
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| 13 | UNIM1986.14.1980.19.10B | Batik | Dark green (black) yellow batik; 3 5/6 yards long x 1 yard wide. |
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| 14 | UNIM1986.14.1980.19.10C | Fabric | Medium blue on cream textured fabric, tie dye 60" x 48" Dyed with indigo (the only natural dye) & cola nut (brown). |
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| 15 | UNIM1986.14.1980.19.10D | Fabric | Diamond pattern multi-colored tie dye 43 1/2" x 60". |
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| 16 | UNIM1986.14.1980.19.11 | Fabric | Two pieces. a. Tie dye from Sierra Leone. b. Block batik from The Gambia. 16 rows of tritik to form diamond/diagonal designs, with 1" pieces bound in the 4 corners to create oval patterns. |
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| 17 | UNIM1986.14.1980.19.8 | Shirt | Traditional man's V-neck slip on. Extended shoulder. Wide set-in short sleeves open along underarm. Machine embroidery around neckline, hems of sleeves and all over large left breast pocket. Hemmed. Sketch on catalog sheet. Color: TN,BK,WH |
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