Wrapper (n'dop)

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Wrapper (n'dop),

first half of 20th century (before 1952)

Artist unrecorded
probably Bamum
2021-46

Information

Title
Wrapper (n'dop)
Dates

first half of 20th century (before 1952)

Maker
Artist unrecorded
Medium
Cotton and dye
Dimensions
180.3 × 104.1 cm (71 × 41 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hugh Leander Adams, Mary Trumbull Adams and Hugh Trumbull Adams Princeton Art Fund and anonymous gift
Object Number
2021-46
Place Made

Africa, Cameroon, Grassfields

Marks/Labels/Seals
Small metal Swiss customs tag attached
Culture
African, Bamum
Type
textiles, wrappers (garments)
Materials
indigo, dye, cotton (textile)
Techniques
weaving, hand spinning
Subject
geometric patterns

French colonial official, Cameroon, by 1952; Private collection, by purchase from the above in Cameroon, 1952; Private collection, Basel, Switzerland, by descent from the above; [Adire African Textiles, London, UK, sold on consignment for the above]; Princeton University Art Museum, by purchase from the above, 2021

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