Collection Highlights: African Textiles

The museum’s collection of African textiles features a wide variety of traditions and techniques, including Kuba raffia embroidery from Congo, Ashanti strip weaving from Ghana, bogolanfini mudcloth from Mali, Nigerian adire indigo resists, and embroidered samplers from Morocco. In addition to textiles, the collection includes a small number of hats and examples of Zulu beadwork jewelry.

  • Ceremonial Hat
  • basketry covered with acrylic and acetate cloths, embroidered with glass beads.
  • Gift of Gail Martin.
  • 2017-63-1
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 7 images of this object.
  • Cap (Egypt)
  • silk, linen, gold.
  • Gift of Kirkor Minassian.
  • 1921-29-5
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • Tunic (Tunisia)
  • silk, metallic.
  • Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt, from the textile collection of Mrs. Abram....
  • 1931-4-68
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • Textile (Sudan)
  • wool.
  • Museum purchase through gift of Robert L. Hargous.
  • 1944-87-2
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • Cap (Egypt)
  • untwisted silk, gilded parchment; z-spun linen lining.
  • Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor.
  • 1949-64-7
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 3 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • Panel (Algeria)
  • sik embroidery on linen foundation.
  • Gift of Provident Securities Company from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. William....
  • 1955-133-11-a,b
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 3 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 6 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 3 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 3 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 3 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 3 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 4 images of this object.
  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
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  • This object is part of the Textiles collection.
  • There are 2 images of this object.