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.
Accession Number
270196
Medium
Raffia; tubular-woven interlacing with twisted fringe, tie dyed
Dimensions
With fringe: 106.7 × 58.5 cm (42 × 23 in.); Without fringe: 87.7 × 58.5 cm (34 1/2 × 23 in.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Gift of Wallace Bowling and Douglas Dawson