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Skirt

Skirt, no date

  • Sudanese, African

Cowrie shells, glass beads, leather strips

  • Overall (approx.): 7 1/4 × 31 1/4 × 3/4 inches (18.4 × 79.4 × 1.9 cm)

Gift of Maurice W. Fox

F53.3

Department

Africa, Oceania & Indigenous Americas

Details

Maurice W. Fox

1953-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Sudanese, African, Skirt, no date, cowrie shells, glass beads, leather strips. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Maurice W. Fox, F53.3.

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