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Strip woven, simple weave; Burgundy, red yellow and white stripes.
Woven Textile (Futa Benadir)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Woven Textile (Futa Benadir)

Maker Somali Artist
Date20th century
Place of originBenaadir, Mogadishu, Somalia, Africa
MediumCotton
Dimensions22 ft. 5 in. x 24 in. (683.3 x 61 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Katheryne Loughran and John Loughran, President of Foundation for Cross Cultural Understanding
Object number2005.28.76
Collections
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