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Wedding shawl (popofi)
African, (Yoruba peoples)
1900–50
Object Place: Nigeria
Medium/Technique
Cotton plain weave with supplementary weft patterning
Dimensions
Overall: 114.3 x 172.7 cm (45 x 68 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mary H. Kahlenberg and Robert T. Coffland
Accession Number2004.2280
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionWhite cotton shawl made of sewn together strip-woven lengths with supplementary weft patterning of stripes and triangles in light purple and green and a warp technique made to look like an open or drawn work-like design.
ProvenancePurchased in 1990-1991; 2004 Year-End Gift to the MFA, January 26, 2005