Temne
Woman’s Dress
Temne, 1933-1966
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Temne
Woman’s Dress
Temne, 1933-1966
Physical Qualities
Cotton, indigo dye, plastic, metal
a) dress
b) wrapper, a (dress): 36 5/8 x 35 1/16 in. (93 x 89 cm.)
b (wrapper): 51 3/4 x 64 9/16 in. (131.5 x 164 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy Schilling, Arbutus, Maryland
Object Number
2002.629a-b
Indigo tie-dye in random wrinkle pattern; square buttons in similar pattern; zipper on left side of top piece.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2002; Nancy Schilling, Arbutus, MD; ex her sister-in-law, Hilda (Schilling) Silver (died 1985), Arbutus, MD; ex her sister-in-law, Dr. Mabel Irene Silver, O.B.E. (died c. 1972, on Easter day, at age 70), Baltimore, MD (Missionary doctor for the United Brethren Church in Rotifunk, Sierra Leone, 1932 to 1962, at the Hatfield-Archer Hospital; residence at death: 524 North Charles Street, Baltimore)
