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about 1970
Overall: 90.2 x 175.3 cm (35 1/2 x 69 in.)
Cotton plain weave, appliqued and embroidered
Classification: Textiles
Culture: African, Benin, Fon
Object Place: Benin
Accession number: 2012.173
Description: Black cotton hanging appliqued and embroidered with symbols of the rulers of Benin in polychrome cotton. Red cotton border machine sewn to right and left edges.
Provenance/Ownership History: About 1970, acquired at a street market in Dahomey (now Republic of Bénin) by Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Krom, Côte d’Ivoire and Swampscott, MA; 2012, gift of the Kroms to the MFA. (Accession date: April 25, 2012)
Gift of Stephen and Christine Krom