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Textile (Arkila Kerka)

1967–74

Cotton

60 × 96 in. (152.4 × 243.84 cm)
Gift of Deb Volberg Pagnotta
2012.37.1
Geography: 
Niger
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Songhai
Period: 
20th century
Classification: 
Textiles
Provenance: 

Purchased by Labelle Prussin in Niger, 1974
Gift of her daughter, Deb Volberg Pagnotta, to Yale University Art Gallery in 2012

Bibliography: 

“Acquisitions,” https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2012.pdf (accessed December 21, 2012).

Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.