Africa Box 5

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Catalog # Name Description
1 1978.46.42 Dress Lady's 1/2 dress, native woven cloth, multi-colored (blue, gray, red, green) striped cloth, wrap-around style dress, fringe on ends, soiled. Color: ML 1978.46.42 (Dress) image
2 2009.2.66 Blanket A woven strip cloth rectangular piece with 9 strips sewn together. The 1, 2, 8, 9 strips are similar with different orders of patterned blocks. 3,4,5,6 are more colorful, having some similar blocks, but different blocks of BL/RD/WH patterns. A patterned strip of BK/WH conntect the strips 1/4 of the way from the short edges. Color: WH BK BL YL RD
3 2009.2.70 Hanging Rectangular weaved hanging with several dyed/painted pictures. Pictures include 5 birds - three in top row- two in second. Center first row bird different than others. Center in Second row is similar to a chicken. First row has a fish and a ball between birds. Second row has a ball between bird and chicken. Visiable painting on 1 side. Done with stencil, painting done with fermented solution which turns black. Color: WH/BK
4 2009.2.71 Hanging A large rectangular woven pieces of strip cloth sewn together with several painted symbols. Fourteen human-like symbols, some with head and some without, all holding something. Other symbols include cheetahs, snakes, fish, turtles, and other animals. Human symbols around outer edges of fabric, animals toward inside. Done with stencil, painting done with fermented solution - turns black. Color: BK/WH
5 2009.2.75 Hanging Rectangular woven piece with humans, animals, and checker board depicted. Five humans with eyes, and four other human shaped bodies with no eyes. Checker board in middle. Visiable on one side Color: BK/WH
6 2009.2.76A Shirt Tie Dye shirt with long beld, sleeves with embroidery on sleeves. Neck clasp and section in back for ease of dressing. Fabric designed before tie dyed. Hemmed. 2009.2.76A (Shirt) image
7 2009.2.76B Skirt Tie dyeskirt with zipper. 20 inch slit in fabric, but more fabric underneath slit so cannot see legs. Slit has fringe. Color: BL/WH
8 2009.2.77A Vest A. Vest with 6 buttons down front. Fabric dark BL in Front, dyed to squares in Back. Lining inside was light BL.
9 2009.2.77B Skirt A skirt with 10 buttons. Square dye. Fabric surrounding buttons dark Bl, no dye. Inside lining light BL fabric. From last button, 17 inch slit to bottom. Color: BL/WH
10 2009.2.79 Fabric A rectangular piece with large detailed leaves patterned orientating themselves opposite every other one. Two inch border on long sides. Leaves very detailed- colored from dark inside to light. Color: BR/BL/WH 2009.2.79 (Fabric) image
11 2021-FIC-12 Fabric Red and white weaved fabric with plaid pattern, found with "Vajpeyi" written on tape stuck to fabric.