Dress

Museum number:
5-15856
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4619
Object count:
1
Description:
Dress. Tie-dyed blue and white dress with machine embroidery at neck, front, and sleeve hems. Consists of one piece of cloth folded over at shoulders (and 3 pieces cloth used as facings for neck and sleeves), cut and sewn to form long dress. Attached tag reads “2”, “A Palmer - 1976 - blue cotton tie dye dress - blue and white machine embroidery around neck and sleeves and on chest - Abedjan, Ivory Coast”. Shoulders to hem: 142 cm. Across shoulders: 98.5cm.
Donor:
Ann Palmer
Collection place:
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire
Verbatim coll. place:
Ivory Coast. Abedjan.
Collector:
Ann Palmer
Collection date:
1976
Materials:
Cotton (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Dresses (garments)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
December 23, 1993
Context of use:
Dress.
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Dress, accession number 5-15856, described as Dress. Tie-dyed blue and white dress with machine embroidery at neck, front, and sleeve hems. Consists of one piece of cloth folded over at shoulders (and 3 pieces cloth used as facings for neck and sleeves), cut and sewn to form long dress. Attached tag reads “2”, “A Palmer - 1976 - blue cotton tie dye dress - blue and white machine embroidery around neck and sleeves and on chest - Abedjan, Ivory Coast”. Shoulders to hem: 142 cm. Across shoulders: 98.5cm.

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