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1940.7.0142

Tunic.

1940.7.0142

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Collection type
Object
Description
Tunic.
Geographical reference
Mali
Africa > Western Africa > Mali
Cultural groups
Fulani
Person
Field collector Samuel Peach Powell
PRM source Samuel Peach Powell
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1940
Date collected
By 1940
Acquisition information
Loaned: 1940
Materials and processes
Material Textile, Process Woven
Object numbers
Accession number: 1940.7.0142
Research and responses

This is a shirt called 'gunnjuru' in Fulfulde, the language of the Peul (also known as the Fulani) in Mali. Information provided by Bernhard Gardi, Curator Emeritus of the African Department at the Museum der Kulturen Basel.

Search terms: Clothing, Textile, Blanket, Body Cloth