Robe
Robe
1850-1875 (made)
1850-1875 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
M, embroidered cotton, 1800s, West African; The Gambia. Once numbered as TN.1-1957
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Robe |
| Materials and techniques | Cotton, embroidered with silk |
| Brief description | M, embroidered cotton, 1800s, West African; The Gambia. Once numbered as TN.1-1957 |
| Object history | Accessions register entry: 'Robe of a chief. Blue cotton, worked in coloured silks round the neck amd down the front and back with an angular pattern and corded spirals; it is further decorated with holes cut and sewn round with silk. From the Gambia River. / African. L. 4ft. W. 5ft 4 1/2in. / 21 Oct 1875 / Given by Mrs Foy, 28 Aden Grove, North. See R.P. 3441/1875, 3245/1875.' |
| Production | West Africa |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 266-1890 |
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| Record created | January 10, 2008 |
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