Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

The Acquisitions

David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts: July 2011–June 2012

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1960s
Length x width: 147.3 x 111.8 cm (58 x 44 in.)
Cotton plain weave (strip-woven)

Classification: Textiles

Culture: West African, Nigerian, possibly Hausa

Accession number: 2011.2235

Description: Indigo dyed cotton in two dark shades of blue. Strip woven.

Provenance/Ownership History: By 1969, purchased in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, by Eli and Carolyn Newberger; 2011, gift of the Newbergers to the MFA (Accession date: December 30, 2011)

Gift of Carolyn and Eli Newberger