Marriage Bed-Screen (Arkilla Kerka) | Yale University Art Gallery

ca. 1985

On view, 1st floor, African Art

Medium: Wool, cotton, and dye
Dimensions: 174 × 65 3/4 in. (442 × 167 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society
Accession Number: 2019.41.1
Geography: Niafunké, Niger River Delta, Mali
Culture: Maabube weavers, Fulbe
Period: 20th century
Classification: Textiles
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Provenance

Curt Grim, purchased in Bamako, Mali in 1985; Shoreline Unitarian Universalist Society, Madison, Conn., 1985–2019; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

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Additional information

Object/Work type

textile materials, textiles

Subject

marriage

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