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Hausa Nigerian

Man's Great Robe (Babban Riga), early 1900s

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Hausa

Title

Man's Great Robe (Babban Riga)

Year

early 1900s

Medium

Cotton plain weave with embroidery

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • cotton

Techniques

  • weaving,
  • embroidery,
  • embroidering,
  • embroidered

Dimensions

134.6 cm (53 inches) (length)

Type

  • Fashion,
  • Costume

Credit

Gift of Roberta Alford Capers in memory of John Alford, Professor of Art History at RISD 1945-1954

Object Number

1986.084.1

Projects & Publications

Publications

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A World of Costume and Textiles

September 22 - November 12, 1989

A Decade of Collecting (Costume and Textiles)

July 17 - September 6, 1987

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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 Great Robe (Babban Riga) with the accession number of 1986.084.1. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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