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Unknown Maker, North African

Man’s Cloak (Aba),

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

North African, Algerian

Title

Man’s Cloak (Aba)

Medium

silk

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Silk and metallic yarn weft-faced plain weave with braid trim

Techniques

  • Silk and metallic yarn weft-faced plain weave with braid trim

Place

Place Made: Algeria

Type

  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Helen Tufts Davis, RISD, Class of 1961

Object Number

59.058.8

About

Man’s Cloak (Aba)

Place Made: Algeria

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Sartorial Sanctuary

December 19, 2008 - April 26, 2009

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Man’s Cloak (Aba) with the accession number of 59.058.8. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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