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Man’s Three-Piece Prestige Ensemble (agbada or dandogo)
Man’s Three-Piece Prestige Ensemble (agbada or dandogo)

Man’s Three-Piece Prestige Ensemble (agbada or dandogo)

Datebefore 1955
Associated withAfrica
MediumHandspun cotton threads and machine-loomed cotton
DimensionsRobe: 53 x 116 in. (134.6 x 294.6 cm)
Pants: 35 x 40 in. (88.9 x 101.6 cm)
Hat: (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineGift of Mary Hester Powell in memory of her parents, Reverend and Mrs. J. Carlyle Powell
Object number2001.10/1-3
On View
On view
ProvenanceRev. Julius Carlyle Powell and Mrs. Rosa Powell, 1955; inherited by Mary Hester Powell, Greenville, NC; given to NCMA 2001.
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