Trousers (kamun k’afa)
Trousers (kamun k’afa)
Trousers (kamun k’afa)
Trousers (kamun k’afa)

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Trousers (kamun k’afa),

first half of 20th century

Hausa or Nupe artist
2021-47

Information

Title
Trousers (kamun k’afa)
Dates

first half of 20th century

Maker
Hausa or Nupe artist
Medium
Cotton, wool and silk thread, and dye
Dimensions
229.9 × 94 cm (90 1/2 × 37 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Hugh Leander Adams, Mary Trumbull Adams and Hugh Trumbull Adams Princeton Art Fund and anonymous gift
Object Number
2021-47
Place Made

Africa, Nigeria

Marks/Labels/Seals
Bernard Gardi inventory tag sewn onto waistband: B.G. 2001.48
Culture
African, Nupe, Hausa
Type
textiles, trousers
Materials
wool (textile), cotton (fiber), silk (textile)
Techniques
weaving, hand spinning, embroidering
Subject
knots (motifs), lizards, geometric patterns

Private collection, Basel, Switzerland, purchased from CSAO, Paris, France, 2001; [Adire African Textiles, London, UK, sold on consignment for the above]; Princeton University Art Museum, acquired from the above, 2021

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