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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Prestige cloth (ndop, ktiesia or ntieya)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Prestige cloth (ndop, ktiesia or ntieya)

Maker Bamileke Artist
Maker Bamum Artist
Date20th century
Made/manufacturedCameroon
MediumCotton, indigo dye, factory made cloth
Dimensionsapprox.: 7 ft. 6 in. × 14 ft. 8 in. (228.6 × 447 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds provided by the Ruth P. Phillips Art Acquisition Endowment.
Object number2018.59.1
Collections
DescriptionCoarse hand-woven strips, stitch-resist dyed with indigo, hand-sewn at selvedges, hem of red and black factory cloth with orange rickrack edging, machine stitched in woven cloth.
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