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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
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

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