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: 165.1 x 112.4 cm (65 x 44 1/4 in.)
Cotton plain weave (machine woven) resist-dyed

Classification: Textiles

Culture: Burkina Faso, Bobo-Dyula

Accession number: 2011.2234

Description: Trade cloth woven in white and dark blue. Resist dyed with indigo. Fringe on 2 edges.

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