Man's Wrapper
| Culture | Kuba |
|---|---|
| Title | Man's Wrapper |
| Date | 20th century |
| Medium | Raffia and linen |
| Dimensions | Object: 203 × 31 1/2 in. (515.6 × 80 cm) Overall: 203 × 31 1/2 in. (515.6 × 80 cm) |
| Credit Line | Gift in honor of Rita and John Grunwald, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University |
| Accession Number | 2000.176 |
| This artwork is currently off display. You may be able to see this artwork by filling out an art viewing room request. | |
This long and narrow horizontal textile is made of raffia to wear wrapped around the body as clothing. The cloth design is comprised of a checkerboard pattern that fills most of the cloth. There is a border design that runs horizontally on both sides that includes small geographic patterns.
2000, Gift to the Indiana University Art Museum from a private collector [1]
Unidentified dates, unidentified owner(s), possibly in Kuba culture, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and/or other places [2]
Notes
[1] The collector wishes to remain anonymous.
[2] We do not yet know how many changes in ownership transpired between when this artwork was initially made and owned to when the donor acquired it. This absence of documentation on ownership history within the cultures where the artworks were made and used is part of a larger history of collecting practices that did not record prior ownership among communities of origin.
Provenance research is ongoing for this and many other items in the Eskenazi Museum of Art permanent collection. For more information about the provenance of this artwork, please contact the department curator with specific questions.
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"Man's Wrapper | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2026. https://collections.artmuseum.indiana.edu/browse/object.php?number=2000.176