Ceremonial Dress

Provenance

Private collection, West Africa; sold to Bully Jawara, West Africa, by Apr. 2005 [this and the following according to correspondence from Douglas Dawson, Aug. 18, 2023; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Douglas Dawson, Apr. 2005; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022.

Ceremonial Dress

Dida

Early 20th century (probably 1920s)

Accession Number

270314

Medium

Raffia; tubular-woven interlacing with braided fringe, tie dyed

Dimensions

With fringe: 129 × 35.6 cm (50 3/4 × 14 in.); Without fringe: 78.8 × 35.6 cm (31 × 14 in.)

Classification

textile

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Wallace Bowling and Douglas Dawson