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Red white and blue cloth with threads removed to create alternate patterns.
Cut-thread cloth ("Elegbe bene" pelete bite)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Cut-thread cloth ("Elegbe bene" pelete bite)

Maker Kalabari Artist
Date1981
PurchasedTombia, Rivers, Nigeria
Mediumcotton
Dimensions5 ft. 11 in. × 35 in. (180.3 × 88.9 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Joanne B. Eicher
Object number2016.79.1
Collections
Visual DescriptionRed white and blue cloth with threads removed to create alternate patterns.
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