Man’s Three-Piece Prestige Ensemble (agbada or dandogo)
Artist
Hausa or Yorùbá tailor
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)
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
Not on viewExhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Accent on Africa: Recent Acquisitions of African Art," April 6-August 10, 2003, brochure no. 4, robe illus. (b-w).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–December 9, 2024.
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