Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012

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

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Textile wrapper

1965–74
Length x width: 119.4 x 191.8 cm (47 x 75 1/2 in.)
Indigo resist dyed cotton

Classification: Textiles

Culture: African, Cameroonian

Accession number: 2012.59

Description: Indigo dyed cotton Ndop cloth, white patterning created by resist method.

Provenance/Ownership History: About 1983/1984, purchased at a market in Bamenda, Cameroon, by Christraud Geary; 2012, gift of Christraud Geary to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 29, 2012)

Gift of Christraud M. Geary