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1942.13.1587

Plant fibre upper garment with face covering.

1942.13.1587

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Collection type
Object
Description
Plant fibre upper garment with face covering.
Long description
Plant fibre upper garment with face covering. The body and the face covering are knitted with uncoloured whitish hemp string in one piece, with a chevron pattern. The sleeves are formed of a thick fringe of raffia fibre dyed red, and there is a short fringe of the same material round the lower edge of the knitted body.
Geographical reference
Cameroon
Africa > Central Africa > Cameroon
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1942
Date collected
By 1942
Acquisition information
Donated: 1942
Materials and processes
Material Hemp Bast Fibre Yarn Plant, Material String, Material Raffia Leaf Plant, Material Pigment, Material Plant Fibre Yarn, Process Knitted, Process Dyed, Process Twisted
Dimensions
Height: max 1092 mm, Depth: max 141 mm, Width: max 922 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1942.13.1587 Other numbers: 557

Search terms: Clothing, Ritual and Ceremonial, Dance, Mask

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