About the Artwork
Married Woman's Three Piece Costume
mid-20th century
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African
Tsonga
Cloth, cotton, and glass beads
Overall: 16 × 18 3/4 inches (40.6 × 47.6 cm)
Costume Accessories
African Art
Founders Society Purchase, Friends of African and African American Art
1999.115.B
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Provenance
(Axis Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA)
1999-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Tsonga, African, Married Woman's Three Piece Costume, mid-20th century, cloth, cotton, and glass beads. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Friends of African and African American Art, 1999.115.B.
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