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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Pants

1960s
Length: 863.6 mm (34 in.)
Cotton plain weave (strip-woven); rope belt

Classification: Textiles

Culture: African, Nigerian, Possibly Hausa

Accession number: 2011.2237

Description: Black and white striped pants with red and yellow decorative embroidery.

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